Police: DUI suspect drove 113 mph with daughter in car

DORTON, Ky. — A Knott County man was arrested in Pike County, after police say he drove his car 113 miles an hour while under the influence with his daughter in the car.

Eric Caudill, 33, of Hindman, was first clocked driving 96 miles an hour Tuesday evening on U.S. 23 at Dorton. When the state trooper got behind him to pull him over, another officer further down the road clocked him at 113 mph. Caudill pulled over after three miles.

When officers went to his car, he told them he was trying to take his 9-year-old daughter to a softball tournament in Neon, but had gotten lost. That’s when police noticed a strong scent of alcohol coming from the car and found a mostly empty bottle of brandy.

Caudill was arrested for DUI, endangering the welfare of a minor and other charges.


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