Feel-good story of the day

Nurses bail out a father arrested for violating traffic laws while rushing his choking baby to hospital

Darius Hinkle was doing, arguably, what every father in his situation would when his one-year-old daughter started to choke on a penny. “First thing in my mind was getting her to the hospital,” Hinkle told Fox 2 Now.

Despite not having a valid driver’s license, he rushed her to the hospital, clocking, what police say, was 100 miles per hour.

Upon arriving at the hospital, he had a trail of police, from different agencies, behind him with their lights on. He, and his daughter’s mother, Donecia Pittman, were ordered out of their vehicle with their hands on their head. Pittman told the outlet that she was screaming their daughter was choking.

Hinkle was promptly arrested for traffic violations while staff at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, Ill. treated his baby.

After the terrifying incident, Pittman went to the police station to bail Hinkle out. To her surprise, a person was ahead of her asking to bail out Darius Hinkle. As Pittman was wondering just who the woman was, she turned around and explained that she was a nurse at Touchette Regional Hospital. She and other nurses had chipped in to bail Hinkle out of jail.

Hinkle told Fox 2 Now, “I can’t thank [the nurses] enough,” for both their kindness shown towards him and for saving his little girl.

Donecia Pittman did not immediately respond to Yahoo Lifestyle’s requests for comment. Yahoo Lifestyle was not able to reach the police department for comment.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/nurses-bail-father-arrested-violating-traffic-laws-rushing-choking-baby-hospital-203854695.html

Little girl eating money?
Definitely going to grow up and be a gold digger. What's up with chicks these days?

Hi Suzianne 😉

I just saw the pics. Of course...why not?
So disappointed in you Suzianne.

@suzianne said
Nurses bail out a father arrested for violating traffic laws while rushing his choking baby to hospital

Darius Hinkle was doing, arguably, what every father in his situation would when his one-year-old daughter started to choke on a penny. “First thing in my mind was getting her to the hospital,” Hinkle told Fox 2 Now.

Despite not having a valid driver’s license ...[text shortened]... tyle/nurses-bail-father-arrested-violating-traffic-laws-rushing-choking-baby-hospital-203854695.html

Wow. I didn't read it. I was just bugging Suzianne. 100mph? I'm too smart to have kids but I would have done the same.
Although I'm sure my kids wouldn't be so dumb as to eat pennies 🤔

@knightstalker47 said
I guess the saying goes "All is well that ends well".

Could have easily ended in tragedy, a guy without a license driving around at 100 mph put some lives potentially in danger.

@divegeester said
Why is your avatar a cartoon image of a very young girl?

@chessturd said
Wow. I didn't read it. I was just bugging Suzianne. 100mph? I'm too smart to have kids but I would have done the same.
Although I'm sure my kids wouldn't be so dumb as to eat pennies 🤔

Oh I have kids.
Just none that I know of.

@chessturd said
Oh I have kids.
Just none that I know of.

The law of averages.

@divegeester said
Why is your avatar a cartoon image of a very young girl?

My wife phoned me at work recently,
Her: Little Jonny just swallowed a penny, I slapped him on the back and he
coughed up a quarter. What should I do ?
Me: Keep feeding him pennies.

@knightstalker47 said
Do I need a reason? Does it bother you?

@the-gravedigger said
As long as your not a kiddie fiddler should be ok.
Understand where Dive is coming from.