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Drugs, alcohol found in blood of man charged with killing 5 children in car crash

Posted on Apr 30, 2009

Earlier this week Houston Police charged 33 year old Chanton Jenkins with five counts of intoxication manslaughter after five children in a car he was driving drowned after a crash. Jenkins crashed his vehicle into a Harris County Flood Control drainage ditch on April 18, landing in 9 feet of surging water.

Autopsies performed on the five deceased children revealed that they drowned. None of the children were wearing seat belts nor were any of them restrained by a car seat.

Blood tests performed on Jenkins 2 ½ hours after the crash revealed that his blood alcohol level was 0.079 and 0.082. In addition, drug testing showed that he had PCP and marijuana in his blood in addition to alcohol.

Jenkins has a record of previous drug related convictions. In 2002 he was convicted of possessing less than 1 gram of PCP and has also been convicted of possessing and delivering cocaine.

The unemployed Jenkins is currently jailed on $100,000 bail. He could be sentenced up to 100 years in jail if found guilty of all five charges.