An eight-months-pregnant Florida woman is accused of driving under the influence with her two children inside an SUV after police say she ran red lights, struck a curb, swerved across Interstate 95 and stopped in a travel lane.
Boca Raton police identified the driver as Daniela Giraldo, 31. She was charged with DUI, two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm and refusal to submit to testing.
The charges are allegations. Giraldo has not been convicted, and the police observations described in the arrest report can be challenged in court.
Reports began near Yamato Road
Police said the incident happened August 20. Officers received reports of a white Range Rover running two red lights, hitting a curb and entering southbound I-95 from Yamato Road.
An officer then allegedly saw the SUV drift across lanes without signaling and stop in an active interstate travel lane. The account describes conduct dangerous before alcohol enters the legal analysis: unpredictable lane movement and a stationary vehicle where highway traffic expects motion.
After the stop, police said Giraldo smelled of alcohol and displayed slow or slurred speech, glossy eyes and impaired balance. Officers also discovered two children in the vehicle and learned she was eight months pregnant.
Police say she refused breath testing
According to the department, Giraldo struggled with field-sobriety exercises and twice refused to provide a breath sample.
A refusal is not itself proof of intoxication. Florida law permits prosecutors to use a refusal in the broader case, while defense attorneys may contest whether the request, warning and testing procedure complied with legal requirements.
The child-neglect counts allege that each child was placed at risk without suffering great bodily harm. The children's names and ages are not being published here. They are not defendants, and their privacy outweighs any curiosity about the family.
Pregnancy adds risk, not a separate verdict
The report's mention of Giraldo's pregnancy is medically and emotionally significant, but it does not replace the elements prosecutors must prove. The DUI case still depends on evidence of impairment or unlawful alcohol concentration while she was operating the vehicle.
It does, however, underline the number of people allegedly placed at risk: the driver, two children, an unborn child and everyone sharing the interstate.
Police have not reported a collision causing injury. The curb strike, swerving and stop in a travel lane allegedly occurred before officers intervened.
The next dependable details should come from the arrest affidavit, test-refusal documentation and Giraldo's court appearance. Until then, the responsible formulation is the least sensational one that still states the stakes: police allege an impaired driver carried two children onto I-95 while eight months pregnant, and the vehicle was stopped before the incident became a fatal headline.
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