Man accused of driving drunk with children in car

AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN'S PRE-PARTY BEFORE THIS WEEKEND'S U-N-M FOOTBALL GAME -- LANDS HIM IN BIG TRO...  More »

AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN'S PRE-PARTY BEFORE THIS WEEKEND'S U-N-M FOOTBALL GAME -- LANDS HIM IN BIG TROUBLE. A STATE POLICE OFFICER SAYS HE ACTUALLY WITNESSED THE MAN SPEEDING DOWN I-25 DRUNK ... THEN CRASHING INTO A WALL. POLICE SAY THE MAN'S TWO YOUNG KIDS WERE IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR. ERIC KAHNERT IS LIVE NEAR I-25 AND CESAR CHAVEZ WITH WHY THAT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING, ERIC? THE ARRESTING OFFICER SAYS HE SAW THE DRIVER WHIZ BY HIM HERE GOING 90 MILES- PER-HOUR. AFTER THE CRASH, THE OFFICER SAYS THE DRIVER WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT GETTING RID OF THE BEER ... THAN HELPING HIS CHILDREN. 36 YEAR OLD RONALD SALLS WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON I-25 ... HEADING TO THE LOBO GAME ON SATURDAY. BUT HE NEVER MADE IT. SALLS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF OFFICER KURTIS WARD. 7:18 'the vehicle actually passed me on the shoulder after slamming into the wall I could see 2 kids sitting in the back seat of the vehicle.-5'OFFICER WARD PULLED SALLS OVER NEAR THE CESAR CHAVEZ EXIT ... AND COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HE SAW NEXT. 7:32 'they start dumping beer out of the windows of the car.-2' WARD SAYS SALLS AND HIS PASSENGER WREAKED OF BOOZE. 10:41 'she spilled beer all over herself in the process of trying to dump it out of the window before I got to the vehicle.-6' WARD SAYS SALLS ADMITTED TO DRINKING ABOUT 12 BEERS BEFORE HEADING TO THE LOBO GAME WITH HIS 5 AND 10 YEAR OLD IN THE BACK. 8:51 'just the thought of 2 adults in the vehicle that don't even think turn to make sure those kids are okay, their biggest concern is dumping alcohol out of the vehicle to avoid me finding it, that's kind of disheartening.-12' WARD SAYS SALLS WAS SO DRUNK HE BLEW A POINT-TWO- OH -- MORE THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT. 9:57 'this was more than a pre-party, this was a let's get hammered party.-2'WE STOPPED BY SALLS HOME TONIGHT TO GET A COMMENT ON HIS SIX FELONY CHARGES ... INCLUDING AGGRAVATED D-W-I, AND 2 COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE. 6:07 'hi, we're looking for Ronald is that you. Yeah. We're with Channel 4 News. We're doing a story about the arrest the other day, we're mentioning your name and thought we'd see if you have anything to say about it. I don't have anything to say. About the Child Abuse charges, about the DWI? Nothing. .-16'OFFICER WARD SAYS THIS IS SALLS' SECOND AGGRAVATED D-W-I CHARGE ... AND THAT HE WAS DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. SALLS' KIDS WERE GIVEN TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER. REPORTING LIVE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE, EKEYWN4.  « Less