Gary Woman Charged With DUI Had Daughter, 2, in Backseat: Cops

A northwest Indiana woman who was arrested for DUI after she crashed her vehicle into a concrete barrier on the Borman Expressway Sunday morning had her 2-year-old daughter in the backseat, police said.

Tandriel Hollinquest, 23, of Gary was driving a tan 2003 Ford eastbound on I-80/94 when she tried to get off at Central Avenue, but missed the exit and hit a concrete barrier about 7:30 a.m., according to Indiana State Police. Her 2-year-old daughter was in a child safety seat in the backseat.

Neither Hollinquest nor her daughter was hurt, but Hollinquest was intoxicated, police said. She arranged for a friend to come pick up her daughter but when 40-year-old Terrence Hunter arrived, he was also intoxicated.

Hollinquest’s BAC was .20 and Hunter’s was .11, according to police.

Hollinquest was charged with felony operating while intoxicated with a minor passenger and three misdemeanors counts of OWI, police said. Hunter, of Portage, Ind., was charged with three misdemeanor counts of OWI.

The toddler was released to Hollinquest’s sister, police said.