NC woman charged after allegedly driving 103 mph with 1-year-old unrestrained

A woman in North Carolina was pulled over and arrested after a deputy allegedly measured her driving 103 mph on snow-covered Highway 70 near Princeton on Saturday, Jan. 31, with a 1-year-old found "unrestrained in a child seat," the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office said. The driver was identified as 24-year-old Kierra Taylor of Goldsboro.

The speed limit where the incident took place was 55 mph, the outlets reported. WRAL and WTVD said Taylor’s blood alcohol content was originally reported as 0.22, but court documents obtained by those outlets showed her BAC measured 0.33 during a roadside test. Taylor was taken into custody and charged with driving while impaired, speeding, reckless driving—wanton disregard—and child abuse, all listed as misdemeanors, the outlets reported.

She was booked at the Johnston County Detention Center and given a secured bond of $2,500, the sheriff’s office said, and family members later arrived to take the child home. The sheriff’s office urged drivers to take precautions and stay home if possible amid the rare heavy snow.

NBC News reported the state received record-setting snowfall over the weekend, with as much as 22.5 inches in some cities, and said more than 160,000 utility customers across the South were without power. North Carolina Gov.

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