Mom Arrested After Letting 15-Year-Old Drive Alone: Police

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  • A Long Island mom was arrested after her 15-year-old daughter got pulled over for speeding[hhmc]

  • The Mastic Beach resident handed the girl the car keys to drive herself to work, and the girl got caught speeding on Sunrise Highway[hhmc]

  • The mom was charged with endangering the welfare of a child[hhmc]

A Long Island mom was arrested after her 15-year-old daughter got pulled over for speeding, police said.

A highway patrol officer pulled the 15-year-old girl over on Sunrise Highway, near exit 62 in Eastport, around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday after they caught her speeding in a 1997 Mercury Sable, Suffolk County police said.

Her mother Yolanda Martinez-Reymundo, 41, handed the girl the car keys to drive herself to work, according to police.

It wasnt clear how fast the girl was going or why Martinez-Reymundo didnt drive her daughter to work herself.

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The Mastic Beach resident was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, police said. Shes expected to be arraigned on Monday.

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