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WEBVTT LOOK -- WE WILL TAKE ALOOK AT THAT HAS IN A FEWMINUTES.TIFFANY: NOW TO BREAKING NEWS,TREASURE COAST PARENTS AREFACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAYTHEY FOUND THEM PASSED OUT ONDRUGS WITH A BABY IN THE CAR.STEPHANIE BERZINSKI HAS MORE ONTHIS STEPHANIE: OUT OF PORT ST.LUCIE.FIRST, WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOWTHE INFANT IS OK, BUT THAT BABYIS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER HISPARENTS'VEHICLE CROSSED SIXLANES OF TRAFFIC AND CRASHEDINTO A POLE, AND POLICE SAY ITHAPPEN BECAUSE THE COUPLE WASSTRUNG OUT ON DRUGS.PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE ARRESTEDJESSICA HAND AND JOHN RODRIGUEZTHURSDAY NIGHT.THE POLICE REPORT STATES HANDWAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS BEHIND THEWHEEL OF THE CRASH CAR WITH ASYRINGE IN HER ARM.RODRIGUEZ WAS UNCONSCIOUS IN THEBACKSEAT WITH A SYRINGE NEXT TOHIM AND THE BABY BOY IN ANUNSECURED CAR SEAT.ALL THREE WERE TAKEN TO ST.LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER.

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A Port St. Lucie couple is in the St. Lucie County Jail after crashing their car strung out on drugs.Police found Jessica Hand, 34, passed out behind the wheel of the car with a syringe in her arm Thursday night with her infant boy in the back seat, police said. >>Download WPBF 25 News App: Apple IOS | AndroidWitnesses told police they saw the car, driven by hand, fail to stop at Southeast Glover Street and Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard and crash into a pole.The baby was in the back in an unsecured car seat with his father, John Rodriguez, 34, passed out next to him.Police said they removed Hand and Rodriguez from the car and began to give them first aid. A concerned citizen removed the baby from the car and placed him next to the officer on scene.The baby was unharmed and turned over to a family member.After being treated at the hospital Hand and Rodriguez were taken to jail.Police said the couple had other drugs on them and a broken pipe, believed to be used for smoking narcotics.