Fri May 24 02:29:25 SAST 2013
Fri May 24 02:29:26 SAST 2013

Naked mom ate ice cream, ditched kids after car crash

Jun 26, 2012 | Reuters | 16 comments

A car crash on a hot day in Texas led to a hot-headed woman's arrest. But not before she allegedly ditched her kids at the crash scene ... to eat some ice cream and strip naked.

Police arrested Stephanie Dillard, 34, on suspicion of child endangerment after she allegedly crashed her car into a city bus, Houston's KPRC-TV reports.

Dillard's 5-year-old, 12-year-old, and 16-year-old children were along for the ride when the crash happened.

But for some reason, Dillard got out of her smashed-up car and walked away from the scene, leaving her kids all alone.

When police arrived at the crash site, they found Dillard's three children a bit shaken from the crash.

The 5-year-old had suffered a cut over one eye.

The kids' mother seems to have suffered something else, but police aren't sure what.

Officers found Stephanie Dillard at a nearby CVS/pharmacy drugstore, where she was eating ice cream. She had also stripped naked.

When police tried to arrest Dillard, she allegedly put up a fight.

She is now in jail, with bail set at $2,000, KPRC reports.

Her children are now in their grandmother's custody.

The cause of Stephanie Dillard's breakdown isn't yet known.

But in some states, if a sudden medical emergency like a stroke causes an accident, the driver generally can't be held liable for the crash. However, that's not the case if a driver knew of her condition and failed to take proper medication.

Some online commentators are also speculating about the possible use of drugs like bath salts, which can raise a person's body temperature.

"I'm glad she ate ice cream and not someone's face," one person wrote on WNBC's website.

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Fri May 24 02:29:26 SAST 2013 ::
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Jun 26, 2012

tumzangwana

bath salts?
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Jun 26, 2012

lindsay

bath salts are drugs?
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Jun 26, 2012

Papage

Dont use bath salts, South African, we dont want to see things like this, people will start eating their kids
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Jun 26, 2012

spokowee

tumzangwana
bath salts?
lindsay
bath salts are drugs?
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yes bath salts, nyao.pe ya ko States.
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Jun 26, 2012

maneater

sowetan why mention this here. you how much we like copying anything from the states. next we know the biggest drug in the market will be bath salts.!!!!
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Jun 26, 2012

iWOman

tumzangwana
bath salts?


That was my initial first thought too!
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Jun 26, 2012

Flemza

Please guys don`t just have sex with any woman , look after your Tom in the trouser , look whats happening , no wonder I have been using a condom for the past 20 years
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Jun 26, 2012

Firefly

She was traumatised people. She felt hot after the crash and just needed to cool off nyana.
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Jun 26, 2012

LBS

@All

The "bath salts" they're referring to is a DRUG not the 'normal' bath salts we use to help us relax.

I read about them recently but am not sure where - I'll see if I can find the information and post it.
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Jun 26, 2012

LBS

@All, again - Google "bath salts drug" and you'll get all the information you need ....
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