[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

So an 11 year old, a 12 year old and another friend are in the car with an 18 year old male? These girls must look older than the 12 year olds around here......lol

It sounds as if all she is going to get is a "slap on the wrist".....

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Francisco Flores, 18, a front-seat passenger in the car driven by the 12-year-old, was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown into a back seat by the impact, Sgt. Hansen said.

I missed that! That's a horse of a different color; he's probably an insured driver and, when this case gets to court, will be the nearest "deep pockets" for the lawyers to go after. And he wasn't wearing a seat belt. The fact that he was, at his age, participating in a joyride with a 12-year-old . . . he's the worst-injured of the five, but he is as responsible as anyone for his own injuries.

18 vs. 12 . . . bears comparison to a statutory rape situation. Any responsible adult would have grabbed the keys and prevented the accident in the first place.