A motorist noticed that a pick-up truck was being driven erratically on a southeast Louisiana highway on Saturday and called the police.
When Louisiana state troopers pulled over the truck in Livingston Parish, they found an eight-year-old boy behind the wheel while his four-year-old sister was in the back seat, and interviewed the father, 28-year-old Billy Joe Madden of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Police said they determined Madden was drunk and that he had been sleeping while his son drove the vehicle towards Dallas, Texas.
Madden was arrested and booked into jail on two counts of child desertion, parent allowing a minor to drive, open container and two counts of no child restraint and no seatbelt.
Madden remains in jail at Livingston Parish Detention Center in lieu of US$1,474 (S$1,772) bail, said sheriff's deputy Dustin Sanders at the facility.
Both of Madden's children were turned over to child welfare authorities and were awaiting the arrival of a family member who could take custody of them, police said.
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