A 2-year-old Athens boy remained in critical condition with a severe head injury after his mother, who authorities suspect was driving while intoxicated, crashed her car Wednesday night on Mitchell Bridge Road.
The boy had been in a booster seat, not a child safety seat, according to Athens-Clarke County police. His 6-year-old sister was also in a booster seat in the back of her mother’s car. Neither seat was buckled in correctly, according to police.