While DUI, Mom Flips Car & Abandons 4-Year-Old at Scene
We may have found our Father of the Year's female counterpart - Lisette Avakian. The 35-year-old mother allegedly transported her 4-year-old daughter while drunk driving and crashed the vehicle around 2am Wednesday morning. The accident occurred in the 5900 block of Whitnall Highway in North Hollywood and ended in her car flipping onto its roof.
Mother of the Year fled from the scene of the crash, leaving her daughter in the car, who was not strapped into a car seat. Mom was arrested near the scene of the crash, treated at a hospital for her injuries, booked on suspicion of driving under the influence and/or drugs then held on $100k bail. The 4-year-old was also treated for non life-threatening injuries.
But wait, Mother of the Year just keeps getting better. Officers placed the child in protective custody then visited mom's home. Two other young children, a 2-month-old boy and a 1-year-old girl, were found unattended and soon joined their sibling in protective custody. Children's Services is investigating the case before pressing additional charges against mom.
