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Woman Charged With DUI, Child Neglect, Leaving Crash Scene

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Published: September 2, 2008

Updated: 09/02/2008 12:32 pm

Kelly Leigh Cox

TAMPA - A Tampa woman under the influence of prescription medication crashed a minivan with four children inside, Hillsborough County deputies say.

Deputies arrested Kelly Leigh Cox at 6:51 p.m. Monday.

She was charged with four counts of child neglect and one count of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of a crash.

Cox's 2003 Dodge minivan struck a parked car at Boulevard and Fletcher Avenue, and she left the scene at 5:47 p.m. Monday, a criminal arrest affidavit states. Her blood-alcohol level was .000, and she provided deputies a urine sample.

When questioned, Cox "had extremely slurred speech and was very unsteady on her feet," the affidavit states.

The children's ages and conditions were not included in the affidavit.

A report was not available today.

She remained in Orient Road Jail today. Her bail was set at $30,750.

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