Prom limo chauffeur cited for drunken driving

Sunday, April 17, 2005

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. -- Ten teens hired a limo so they'd get to their prom all in one piece -- but ended up helping bust their chauffeur on drunken driving charges. Patrick Curley, a senior at Winter Springs High School, used his cell phone to call home Saturday and told his parents the driver had ignored stop signs, cut off other vehicles and veered onto the wrong side of the road. Robert Curley told his son to tell the driver to pull over. When she stopped, the students grabbed the keys out of the ignition. "This is unbelievable," Robert Curley told Seminole County dispatchers when he reported the incident. "We rented the limo so you're obviously going to be safe." The students got to the prom 90 minutes late. Christina Tomacelli, 49, was charged with driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a blood-alcohol test. Deputies said they found a half-empty bottle of vodka next to the driver's seat. They said she also acknowledged drinking wine.

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