A 31-year-old South Haven woman was arrested Tuesday after police found her passed out drunk on a freeway ramp with her two children in the backseat, officials said.

Tatum Vaneizenga

Tatum Vaneizenga was subsequently charged in Livingston County court with operating while intoxicated with a high BAC and two counts of child endangerment, according to police.

Several people called 911 around noon Tuesday reporting a possible drunken driver on eastbound I-96 in Livingston County near Howell. Deputies found Vaneizenga's 2001 Subaru Forrester in the middle of the roadway on the freeway's ramp to M-59 in Howell Township, according to Lt. Jim Lynch of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office.

"It was stopped in the middle of the ramp," he said.

Vaneizenga was passed out in the driver's seat while her two children, a 2-year-old boy and a 5-month-old girl, were strapped into car seats in the back, Lynch said.

Once police woke her up, Vaneizenga refused to do field sobriety tests.

Deputies arrested her for being under suspicion of drunken driving and took her to the Livingston County Jail where she blew a .355, according to Lynch.

The legal BAC to drive in Michigan is anything under .08. Drivers with a BAC of .17 or higher can be charged under the state's so-called 'super drunk' driving.

Vaneizenga told police she was driving from South Haven to Pinckney.

The officers noticed there weren't any baby supplies in the car at the time of the arrest.

"Deputies went and purchased diapers and formula for the children out of their own pocket," Lynch said.

The children were taken into protective custody.

Vaneizenga has been arraigned on the charges. She got out of jail Thursday morning on a 10 percent of $5,000 bond, officials said.

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