Mother arrested after SUV plunges off cliff with children inside

Summarised from Daily Mail's report · Updated 13 Oct, 03:01 · Archive

A Tennessee mother was arrested after allegedly driving drunk off a 25-foot cliff with two young children in the vehicle.

Chase Ryan Klinedinst, 30, allegedly drove her SUV off a 25-foot cliff in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with two young children strapped into the back seat. Police say she was heavily intoxicated. The vehicle plunged through a dead-end street before going over Coffey's Cliff, landing upside down near a railroad track.

Investigators found two bottles of wine in the wrecked vehicle, one empty and one still cold and unopened. One child suffered a fractured forearm, cuts and scrapes to both legs, and bruised lungs, and was admitted to hospital. The other child was examined and released without reported injuries. Emergency crews suspended train operations temporarily as they responded to the crash.

Klinedinst was arrested on Monday, more than a month after the incident, and faces multiple criminal charges.

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• Drunk mother drove her SUV off cliff with two bottles of wine in vehicle and children in the back seat, cops sayChase Ryan Klinedinst, 30, allegedly had two bottles of wine in the vehicle when it plunged off a cliff and fell on its roof, leaving one child with a broken arm and bruised lungs.Daily Mail · 13 Oct, 00:20

In this story: Chase Ryan Klinedinst · Chattanooga · Tennessee · Coffey's Cliff

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