Runaway Float

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Irregular News for 12.06.06

 

Anderson, SC -- Police say an Anderson man was drunk and driving -- a parade float.

 

Twelve children and seven adults on the float and the driver's son, who was in the cab of the truck with his father during the Anderson Christmas parade, feared for their lives during a wild three-mile ride, according to warrants and a police spokeswoman.

 

David Allen Rodgers, 42, of 410 Devon Way was charged with 18 counts of assault high and aggravated nature, 18 counts of kidnapping, and one count each of unlawful conduct toward a child, assaulting an officer and DUI, according to warrants and citations.

 

The people riding on the float were from a local dance studio, according to a police report.

 

Police are asking anyone who videotaped the Sunday parade from the Anderson courthouse to the end of the parade route to call Sgt. Mike Walters at 864-231-2265, said Linda Dudley Graham, spokeswoman for the Anderson Police Department.

 

The truck pulling a flatbed trailer carrying the children and adults was in the parade traveling down Main Street when it pulled out into the oncoming lane and passed a tractor pulling a float, according to warrants and a police report.

 

The truck continued on Main Street at a high rate of speed through two red lights and a stop sign and over some railroad tracks, according to warrants.

 

A parent on the float called 911, and officers caught up with the vehicle on Southwood Street, the warrants and a police report said.

 

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[AR Husker Fan]

Me thinks someone saw "Animal House" one too many times...