A 24-YEAR-OLD ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, RECKLESS DRIVING, DRIVING ON A REVOKED LICENSE AND OTHER CHARGES AFTER ALLEGEDLY CAUSING TWO CRASHES ON SATURDAY.
THE FIRST ACCIDENT VICTIM TOLD POLICE VIOLET MINTLE HIT HIM FROM BEHIND ON I-40 WESTBOUND, CAUSING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD TO SHATTER HIS BACK WINDOW. HE SAID MINTLE SPED OFF AND PULLED INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEARBY … BUT WHEN HE FOLLOWED HER TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION, SHE TOOK OFF AGAIN AND RAN A RED LIGHT AT LADERA AND OURAY, CAUSING THE SECOND CRASH.
APD SAYS MINTLE’S SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH HER. COURT RECORDS INDICATE MINTLE IS ON FIVE YEAR’S PROBATION ON DRUG CHARGES.
