Mother pleads guilty in ATV wreck that injures 2-year-old

Written by Daily Mail

Monday, March 09, 2009

Cheryl Caswell

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Sissonville mother has pleaded guilty to child neglect creating a substantial risk of injury or death after her four-wheeler wrecked and her two-year-old son was hurt.

Tara Thaxton, 23, was indicted by a grand jury in November and she pleaded not guilty to the charges. The ATV accident occurred in April 2007 near Thaxton's Allen's Fork home.

According to the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department, Thaxton was driving the vehicle and her son, Dacoda Benjamin Thaxton, was the passenger when she lost control and it flipped several times.

Both the mother, who was seriously injured, and the child were taken to Charleston Area Medical Center for treatment.

Thaxton had been on home confinement awaiting trial, which was to begin Tuesday. She will be sentenced at a later date and faces a possible two to ten years in jail.

Source: http://www.dailymail.com/News/200903090327

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