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A Quiet Drive

Rebbecca Fowler, 21, was at a friend’s house in Wichita, Kan., and when she got home she found her 2-year-old boy was not in the back seat of her car. He was definitely there when she left her friend’s, so she retraced her path. He had unfastened his seat belt, opened the car door, and fallen out about a mile and a half from home — and she hadn’t noticed. Samantha Garcia, 22, found him running down the street, bleeding and crying. When Fowler pulled up, “We wouldn’t let her have him until we knew what happened,” Garcia said. “The police were on their way.” Officers said Fowler didn’t have a valid driver’s license, nor a child seat in the car. The boy was hospitalized in protective custody, and the next day, after police consulted with prosecutors, Fowler was arrested. (RC/Wichita Eagle) ...Which means it didn’t occur to the dolts to do a field sobriety test on her when they had the chance.