Drunk Mom`s Accident Kills two of her Children
GRACE: Now live to Dallas suburbs. A mom of five admits she`s drunk off at least five mojitos -- that`s rum, lime juice, club soda -- when she plows her minivan into two cars, killing two of her own children.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A crash that broke a family.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We have some people... 911</s>OPERATOR: OK, they`re on the way.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Firefighters work to treat a child, one of two that survived. Two others did not. Police say the driver, their mother, Crystal Suniga, was drunk. Police say Suniga admitted to drinking five mojitos that night.</s>GRACE: Out to PIO of the Irving police department, Officer James McLellan. Thank you for being with us. How do we know she had at least five mojitos?</s>JAMES MCLELLAN, IRVING POLICE DEPARTMENT (via telephone): Oh, good afternoon, Nancy. Yes, that statement was made by her at the hospital during an initial...</s>GRACE: Oh, my...</s>MCLELLAN: ... interview</s>GRACE: ... stars, Officer McLellan! I`m looking at the crash. Oh! Oh! OK, it`s bad. To Claire Cardona, reporter with "The Dallas Morning News." How did she manage to plow into two cars? Everybody, the photos you`re seeing are courtesy of Eric Sorto (ph). Claire, how did this happen?</s>CLAIRE CARDONA, "DALLAS MORNING NEWS" (via telephone): She lost control of her vehicle and crossed over into the yard and crashed into the two parked cars, and then eventually, the car came to a stop on the -- it rolled over and came to a stop on the driver`s side, resting against the house.</s>GRACE: You know, it`s hard for me to take it in, Claire and Officer McLellan, how you can knowingly drink five alcoholic drinks, five mixed drinks. I`m not talking about lite beer over ice in two or three hours. I`m talking about downing five mojitos, then put all your children in your car and go for a joyride? What exactly is a mojito, Clark Goldband?</s>CLARK GOLDBAND, NANCY GRACE PRODUCER: Well, Nancy, the base of the drink is rum, six ounces of rum, according to one bartender I spoke with. We`ve also got mint leaves, simple syrup, fresh lime juice and club soda.