Teen Faces Assault Charges In Vehicle Accident

Alabama Irvington  Five arrest warrants have been obtained by authorities for a 17-year-old driver involved in a three-vehicle accident that sent a pregnant woman into labor.
by Christian Stapleton
Published: Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:06 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, October 26, 2009 - 7:34 pm CST
IRVINGTON, Alabama - News 5 has learned that authorities have obtained five arrest warrants for a 17-year-old driver involved in a three-vehicle accident that sent four people, including a pregnant woman, to the hospital.

According to Alabama State Troopers, Ashley Droege, 22, was driving northbound on Bayou la Batre Highway in Irvington Saturday afternoon when another vehicle slammed into her truck head-on. Troopers say 67-year-old Eileen Hodges was trying to turn into a driveway when she was rear-ended by a truck driven by a 17-year-old. That forced her to swerve into oncoming traffic slamming head-on into Droege's truck.

Droege, who was pregnant, was taken by helicopter to USA Medical Center with a broken pelvis. The accident caused her to go into premature labor. Her daughter Caylynn was born by emergency c-section.

Droege's husband and her three and four year old daughters are still recovering from the accident. The two children have since been released from the hospital. Droege's husband, 22-year-old David Lorry, is still in the hospital. Troopers say he is suffering from several broken ribs and lacerations to the face.

Troopers say the 17-year-old male who caused the crash may have been under the influence of drugs. They are waiting for blood test results to confirm that.

The teen could be charged with five counts of assault. Troopers say this is not the first time the teen has been in trouble.

The driver's name has not been released.


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You ok?

Ok I wanna say this is my sister and her family so I them dearly and they are amazing people. So with that….Lets start with everyone who is worried about their taxes going up because she is on welfare but has no other insurance. You are dumb. She is only on there to take care of those children. Her husband works so hard and so much to provide for their family and thats all your gonna care about it that shes on welfare. She is in the hospital fighting for her life as is her newborn Caylynn and all you care about is that. Why is that your not worried about someone who was there and watched and probably participated in killing the man they did last year and just changed those 6 peoples lives and not for the better. So you need to think about what your saying because worrying about stupid things like taxes not someones life and that this boy is still out causing issues to everyone he comes in contact with is dumb. Think about if this was your family that he put in the hospital.
To everyone who is praying and giving donations at the business thank you. I know for a fact that it is greatly appreciated and she doesnt even know how to say thank you enough.

Well said to you also, RM.

The box that I blog in says post your comments.  It says nothing about post your argument. To me that implies an opinion and everyone is entitled to their own.

Not being the bad girl here,but regardless of whether you or your spouse are “bound” by ethics or not….sometimes it is just not appropriate to post ALL the business of people for the whole world to see. Would you want the world to know the vivid details of your injuries? Sometimes our hearts can be in the totally right place (which I am sure yours is),but our mouths tend to over-run themselves when we are passionate about something. I’m guilty of that too.lol

You are ignoring me.  Did you forget?

first off you can print what you like and send it to whom ever you like for one southfan hes not a a emt, you need to RE-READ the ALL comments hes a volunteer for the fire-dapartment.
and cissiebee you also need to RE-READ - I WAS ON THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT..He didn’t have to tell me anything, I knew more on the accident before he did.from victims family/friends who were also there.Prove the ethics and laws there.. so you two can call whom ever you please,smile and by the way this whole blog is about the victims not where your taxs are going..or if the victim is on welfare..I hope and pray that neither one of you need our fire and rescue on a accident that you or your loved ones involved in…
so blog on that…................

Navigation instructions?  Niiice.  I’ve GOT to go get a redneck filter for this thing.  Oh,  SF- you didn’t mention that all someone has to do is print this out and mail it to St. Elmo Fire and Rescue.  Someone will be de-.volunteered real quick

Jodie, the term is MEDICAL CONFIDENTIALITY. We have laws concerning this. You need to either tell your husband the EMT not to share or learn not to tell especially on a public forum. It is a matter of ethics and law.

SOUTHFAN - What are you implying! (about St Elmo responders confidentially!! Yikes) oh and
MOB1- i dont care who u are, or what u do? but when u have someone as far along in the pregnancy as this mother was it don’t take a special machine nor does it take a rocket-scientist to pin point the diffrence between the mother and babys heart-beat, and explain to me how a emt are not licensed to make the call of them not identifying a heartbeat.even i know that a ultra-sound machine is not the only way of identifying a heart-rhythm..
BRITNEYANN- i have left you a private message! go to the tab WKRG.com and your profile,you should be able to see it.

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