kheat05---sure I have made mistakes, but sorry, I have never killed anyone!
Give me a break and go cry a river someplace else.

Poor babies. My heart aches....

Sorry son, you will not see your third birthday because I couldn't drive you on the road without my alchohol. What a shame for the poor 2 year old. innocent victim once again.

One doesn't have to be an alcoholic to be a drunken driver.

Sarcasm, "idiot"

In some countries, drinking and driving is punishable by death. A first time offense in El Salvador leads to execution by firing squad, while a second offense in Bulgaria also leads to execution. ■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□Why not here??? I have lost too many friends who were killed by drunken drivers. Time for America to wise up!

Is there ANYTHING in the report of pot? No I think it said ALCOHOL...I just love illiterate idiots that totally misreport a story to fit their own misguided sense of retardation. Learn to read and then maybe you'll actually get something right. Considering that poor child had to be a victim of its mothers ALCOHOLISM is a sad and truly immoral way of parenting. I do send my prayers to the 2 yr old and son and the rest of his family.

Sad. Just another example of how dangerous marijuana is.

First of all Biggirl - stop posting already!! Every story that has a questionable side to it you have soemthign to say and its usually not the smartest well thought out thing.
Second- Drunks are bad people???? Wow I didnt realize if you had a drinking problem it made you a bad person. Ill le tmy dad, fatherin law, both grandfathers, husband and all teh friends I knwo that have or had drinking problems that they might as well go do whatever thay want cause they are bad people.
Some of you people are unbelievable....

I do not condone what appears to have been done here. But let's wait and see what the report says (that is if we hear anymore about this story). Open intoxicants can simply mean she has a six pack with a couple missing. I do not agree with drunk driving, I have lost people to it, but we do not even know if she was drunk. If she was drunk then okay that was a stupid thing on her part and now people left in her life will have to pay for her mistake for the rest of theirs not to mention the child with her that will never even get to start school. It is possible she was taking home some left overs and the accident was caused by some other careless move. Get all the facts before you judge.

When are people going to wake-up and realize that "alcohol-related" is often used when any alcohol at all is found in the blood of a driver, even one that did not cause the accident. The authorities then use these statistics to make us very, very scared about the scourge of drunk-driving. Far more lives could be saved by improving our roads and providing affordable public transportation, but then that wouldn't legitimize the police state.

What is wrong with people? There is no excuse to drink & drive.But it takes an ignorant individual to put their children in this situation. This is soo unfortunate. My heart is breaking for the family and the surviving 2year old that has just had his mother and brother taken from him. This could have easily been avoided. Dont drink & drive people!!!

Because people like that dont want help, they want to make excuses for why they are the way they are and put all the blame on someone or something else. Everything is a crutch for these people. Until they hit bottom and can see the light of day they are going to keep doing what they do. No one his holding these people down except that bottle of alcohol they pour down there throat to escape real life. Quit making excuses for these people they make enough of there own, and as far as casting stones yes we as people of this Great Country get to cast stones it is one of our rights, and last I checked anything I have ever done wong has not taken the life of one of my children or the life of anybody

Funny how not one of you know her and yet every one of you think you have the right to judge her. And to all of you who say drunks are bad people should all be slapped. I know many MANY people who have had or have a drinking problem but that does NOT make them bad people. You don't know their life or what has happened that they make the decisions they do. I am not condoning what she did. She was so wrong for doing that, but to sit there and say she is a bad person is such bull. Like any of you haven't made bad choices in your life. Those without sin can cast the first stone. And none of you are perfect. So instead of sitting behind your computer casting judgement on someone you don't know.. maybe you should get off your butt and try helping people who may not be able to help themselves.

I do not believe that Sarah made a stupid comment. What's wrong with calling the kettle black when it's black? Wisconsin is well-known for drinking and driving. That's the fact.

and how many times do we hear these people say "IT'S NOT MY FAULT". :=(

How many 'good people' drive drunk hit someone causing them injury and then run away? How many 'good people' drive WHILE consuming alcohol? How many 'good people' kill their children? No wonder WI is in such sad shape. If you consider someone drinking plowing into some innocent person, hurting them and then running - not getting help- but only thinking of themselves and getting out of there so THEY don't get into trouble a 'good person', I truly hope I or anyone I love, never meet such a 'good person'!

916 if that wasnt a troll statement i dont know what is..

How many "good people" make bad decisions OVER AND OVER? Drunks make bad decisions over and over because they ONLY think of themselves! That IS NOT a good person. If she had been a good person she would not of have her kids in the car at 1 am while she's drinking. She would have been a good mother if those babies were home in bed at that hour.
Good people making bad decisions LEARN from their mistakes but it appears she has made this 'bad decision' before. She was a drunk, and I have yet to meet a drunk who is a 'good person'!

It sounds like she was a good person who simply made a bad decision........

Anyone who puts their alcohol BEFORE the safety of their children is NOT a good person. Someone who sacrifices their wants/desires for their children is a good person and this woman is driving around her babies while drinking. NOT a good person making a bad choice, a selfish person puting herself before ALL others!

I'm so sick and tired of people saying, "He/she was a good person, he/she just made bad choices"! Drunks are selfish people not "good people"!

I went to high school with Nicole, and my heart pains for her children. I didn't realize she had 2 of her children in the car. She was a good person who made some really bad choices. My prayers are going out to her family. Just so sad.

A bar fundraiser for a drunk
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CAMPBELLSPORT, Wis. -- A bar fundraiser for a man accused of killing a woman while driving drunk has been canceled.

Fatties Bar near Campbellsport was planning to raise money for Jay Taylor.

He's accused of crashing his motorcycle while driving drunk in May, resulting in the death of his passenger, Crystal Daly.

Her family denounced the fundraiser for taking place at a bar, and for using Daly's photo in the fliers advertising the event.

Bar workers said that the event was canceled on Saturday

Janesvillean:

You are correct Wisconsin has a huge drunk driving problem, which the legislature has not dealt with in a meaningful way. Biggest problem is, that first offense drunk driving, in Wisconsin, is a municipal (civil) ordinance violation not a crime. In nearly every other state, first offense DUI is a crime. This begs to be changed. It shouts out that Wisconsin isn't concerned with DUI. The death rate shows it. First offense should be a criminal violation, perhaps with a token jail term to give the first offender an idea of what lies ahead. As long as the Wisconsin Tavern League and the legislature "high five" each other at the end of the day and adjourn to the bar, we won't have any change.

A sad way to end her life and more important her children's lives. A quick check of Wis Circuit court access, shows a prior conviction for causing injury while driving under the influence (2005) as well as a conviction for hit and run. Numerous civil court cases involving the children. Perhaps someone should have seen the danger to the children, by having her as their mother and removed them from the situation. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Sometimes it's hard to tell if alcohol is the culprit or simply an irresponsible parent.

Doyle keeps increasing the taxes of cigarettes to get people to stop smoking. Let's start taxing the heck out of alcohol and maybe people will stop drinking.

wondering - that sounds even better.

spikesmom - I would go one further and comment as follows - If you don't care about yourself, can you please not have children?

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This once great state of Wisconsin Breeds Drinking, it is like a right of passage to get drunk and drive because the state does nothing more than slap your hand for driving under the influence. Until that changes your taking your own life in your hands on any given friday or saturday night driving because that is when most of these terrible accidents happen

Ditto!

citizenofdarien/MadatDarien: Please heed the other postings here and don't add to Wisconsin's denial when it comes to drinking and driving. Even the newspapers in our neighboring states are taking notice. Just last week, the Rockford (IL) newspaper ran an editorial asking us in Wisconsin to wise up. I feel for the family of these latest victims, but I am also embarrassed that the driver is from my home state.

If i had anything to do with it i would triple the tax on alcohol nationwide .

True, when I lived in Iowa, drunk driving was a rare occurrence, here it seems to be very common. Lax laws and a culture that revolves around drinking seem to me like the culprits. This state needs tougher laws and a major attitude adjustment about drinking.

Wisconsin has the highest rate of drunk driving fatalities in the nation, so it is actually something worth talking about.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/top5/300...

Drinking and driving simotaneously with her two children, one of whom was inproperly secured, in the car. A terrible tragedy and tragic loss of life.

Simply insane.

SarahB1 that was stupid do you think we only drink in Wisconsin! you better get out to other state because it's all over. STUPID PEOPLE DRINK AND DRIVE AND ONLY THINK IT HAPPENS IN ONLY ONE STATE.

sarah-that was a stupid thing for you to say!

How does a mother knowingly put her children at risk like that? The best cure I had for any bad driving behavior I had(speeding, tailgating, etc.) was to put my son in the car with me. I instantly became the best driver on the road. I would NEVER think to have even one drink if I was going to drive him anywhere with me. Parents, if you don't care about yourself, can you please think of your children?

And, of course, the driver is from Wisconsin. When are we going to learn that DRIVING AND DRINKING DO NOT MIX?!

from WGN:

"Polk was not wearing her seatbelt but was not ejected; the carseat her 16-month-old son was riding in was ejected, Ewald said. The older son's carseat remained in the vehicle following the crash, Ewald said."

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/...

Was either innocent child in a safety seat, or did she spend all of her money on liquor?

So sad that alcohol has taken more lives.