Mother charged with child abuse after crash into rock wall
Las Cruces Sun-News (NM)
Feb. 22 crash on
Helia Avenue that injured her 11-year-old daughter has been charged with child abuse.
Tuyet Anh Bai Ta, 31, is charged with a first-degree felony count of child abuse and a misdemeanor count of careless driving. She also faces motor vehicle violations of driving without proper insurance, driving with no registration, no child passenger restraint and driving without use of a safety belt.
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Las Cruces police were dispatched to a home on the 4600 block of
Helia Avenue. Police found a black 2011 Infinity that crashed through a rock wall and came to a rest in the backyard of the home.