Mom plunged 2 little kids and herself off cliff in Honda CR-V, leaving them upside down near active railroad track while she was 'extremely impaired': Police

An "extremely impaired" Tennessee parent drove disconnected a cliff with her 2 young children wrong a Honda CR-V, sending it plunging 20 to 25 feet earlier the conveyance landed upside down successful a obstruction yard, according to police.

Chase Klinedinst, 30, had an "empty vessel of Vinho Verde wine" successful the rider compartment of the SUV, arsenic good arsenic an "unopened vessel of Fetzer Gewurztraminer wine, which was inactive acold and covered successful condensation," erstwhile she careened disconnected Coffey's Cliff successful Chattanooga, Tennessee, according to tribunal documents.

An apprehension affidavit obtained by Law&Crime says Klinedinst was traveling westbound connected Stuart Street successful her 2020 CR-V erstwhile she approached Coffey's Cliff, which is an area "utilized by bid enthusiasts to ticker railroad movements wrong the Debutts Rail Yard," per the affidavit.

"Coffey's Cliff is located astir 20-25 feet supra obstruction level and has a driblet to the crushed below," the affidavit says. "The conveyance negotiated the ungraded way steering close astir a crook and past made a near turn, earlier driving implicit the borderline of the cliff and falling. The conveyance came to remainder connected its apical adjacent to the railroad tracks, prompting a suspension of railroad operations connected the easternmost obstruction line."

Klinedinst allegedly had her 2 children restrained successful kid car seats successful the backmost of her CR-V erstwhile the clang occurred. Police arrived and recovered 1 of the kids with "an evident fracture of her near wrist/forearm," and she was transported to a section hospital, portion the different was uninjured, according to the affidavit.

Police accidental Klinedinst's code was "very slurred" and she was "combative with the medics" astatine the scene. One medic had to repeatedly shout, "Stop grabbing me," according to the affidavit.

Klinedinst was taken to a section infirmary for attraction aft the clang and was aboriginal placed connected a psychiatric hold. Blood samples collected portion she was receiving aesculapian attraction are expected to beryllium submitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation transgression laboratory for analysis.

Klinedinst has been charged with driving nether the influence, child neglect, child abuse and vehicular assault.

"Klinedinst's quality to run a centrifugal conveyance was highly impaired and was a large contributing origin successful the crash," the affidavit says. "Klinedinst operated her centrifugal conveyance successful a mode that recklessly endangered her children, some of whom are nether the property of 8."

A justice ordered Klinedinst held connected a $10,000 bond. She is owed to look successful tribunal connected Nov. 17.