A Florida woman has been arrested after she crashed her car while driving the wrong way with her toddler son, then urinated on herself and was allegedly heard yelling racial slurs at bystanders.
Kimberly Joyce, 33, of Daytona Beach, was booked into the Volusia County Jail on Thursday, charged with three counts of driving under the influence and one count each of neglect of a child and disorderly conduct.
According to police, Joyce was driving with her three-year-old son in her Nissan at around 4.30pm on Thursday when she crashed into an SUV in the area of Dr Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard and Dr Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard.
DUI arrest: Kimberly Joyce, 33 (pictured left in her mugshot), has been arrested after she crashed her car while driving the wrong way with her son (rihgt), then urinated on herself
Fender-bender: Joyce was driving in Daytona Beach when she her Nissan crashed into an SUV
Wrong-way crash: Witnesses said that at the time of the collision, Joyce was driving erratically on the wrong side of the road; she also reportedly smelled of alcohol
Joyce allegedly became aggressive and began spouting racial slurs at a group of bystanders, most of whom were African-Americans
Witnesses said that at the time of the collision, Joyce was driving erratically on the wrong side of the road, moving against the flow of traffic, reported ClickOrlando.
A 911 caller reported that Joyce’s son was not in a car seat and appeared injured.
The toddler was taken to a hospital suffering from head injury and was subsequently released into the custody of his grandparents.
A police officer responded to the scene of the crash and was in the process of investigating what happened when Joyce allegedly became aggressive. The officer wrote in his report that the woman smelled of alcohol.
Police say the 33-year-old woman was then heard spouting racial epithets at passersby, most of whom were African-Americans, according to the station WESH2, which drew a large crowd of 30-40 angry strangers.
Joyce (pictured right in an old mugshot) had been arrested four times between September 2010 and February 2011 on charges that included DUI and marijuana possession
Joyce’s stepfather later defended her, noting that her son’s father is black and she is not a racist person.
As the responding officer was waiting for a female colleague to arrive in order to search Joyce, the woman reportedly urinated on herself. She then refused to submit to a field sobriety test or a Breathalyzer test.
According to an arrest affidavit, the 33-year-old, who has a lengthily arrest record, yelled at the cops that she had a drinking problem but insisted that she only had a few drinks before the crash,
She made her initial court appearance on Friday and had her bond set at $9,000. She was also barred from having any unsupervised contact with her young son.
Volusia County Jail records show that Joyce had been arrested four times between September 2010 and February 2011 on charges that included DUI and marijuana possession.
In court: Joyce made her initial court appearance on Friday and had her bond set at $9,000