Fatal crash blamed on underage drinking

  MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- Montgomery County authorities are investigating a fatal crash that left one person dead and three others injured, and they say the teenage driver had been drinking.

The accident happened around 2am Sunday. Details were not released, but the district attorney's office tells us 18-year-old David Wiggins was behind the wheel.

Wiggins was transported to a local hospital where investigators interviewed him. It was determined that alcohol was involved in the crash and that Wiggins had left a party at the home of a woman named Diane Kinsey.

There were three passengers in Wiggins' car. One of them died. That victim's name has not been released.

The investigation is ongoing and any witnesses with information about the party or the crash are asked to contact DPS or the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

Officials warn that serving alcohol to a person under 21 is a crime and also may involve civil liability.

They say this is the third underage drinking-related fatal crash in this area of Montgomery County in the last few months.

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Police: Day care employee falsely accuses child's mother of drinking

  BELLAIRE, TX (KTRK) -- A Bellaire day care employee is in legal trouble after she called police and allegedly falsely accused a toddler's mother of abandoning her child to drink.

Luz Djeddah is charged with of making false report of child abuse in connection to an April 24 incident at a day care in the 5200 block of Spruce Street, according to her charging document.

Detectives say Djeddah summoned Bellaire police to the day care faciliy and allegedly told them that the mother of a three-year-old under her care was supposed to have already picked up the child but she was intoxicated and drinking at a bar in midtown. Officers contacted the child's mother, but when she arrived, the mother did not appear to be under the influence of any alcohol.

The mother told officers she had been working all day and had arranged with a friend on the approved day care list to pick up the child because she to meet with a client after work. Officers confirmed the mother's story with her employer and found enough evidence to charge Djeddah.

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