MOORHEAD, Minn. -- A Moorhead man is charged with felony drunken driving after his twin 12-year-old daughters told police their father was driving up to 100 mph with them in the car, drinking beers he had the girls open for him.
Thomas Eugene Iverson, 47, is charged in Clay County District Court with two counts of felony driving while intoxicated and two counts of endangering a child in a situation that could cause harm or death, a gross misdemeanor.
According to court documents filed in the case Monday, Iverson was pulled over by a Clay County deputy Friday at 8:48 p.m. for speeding "well in excess" of the 30 mph speed limit on U.S. Highway 10 in Dilworth.
According to the complaint, Iverson registered a blood alcohol concentration of 0.24 percent - three times the legal limit for driving.
In addition to describing the high speeds and drinking, one girl in the car told a deputy she had pretended to throw up to try to get her father to slow down, according to the complaint.
