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The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office has released the police report and officer’s affadavit about the crash. In it, the responding officer says that he asked Randy Lewis who was driving the minivan when it crashed. The officer’s statement says, “Randy stated that he was driving. After admitting to driving, one of the juvenile boys named (name withheld) pulled me to the side and said that (name withheld) (age 10), was driving the vehicle when it crashed.â€

 

Read the officer’s affadavit by clicking here.

 

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UPDATED: (1:35 p.m.) By Yasmeen Elayan-

 

Bond was set for Randy Lewis just before noon. He remains behind bars on a $50,000 bond. Also, Paula Evans bond was set at $50,000.

 

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UPDATED: (6:35 a.m.) By Yasmeen Elayan-

 

The Sullivan County Sheriff’s office plans to release more information today about a 10-year-old boy who police say flipped the family car at 90 miles per hour Sunday night with two adults riding shotgun.

 

Sullivan County Sheriffs say three kids—including the 10-year-old—were inside. They found the car on it’s top, and say a woman was in the car swallowing pills, with a man, who says he drank more than 15 beers.

 

The crash happened on Flatwoods Road, in the middle of Cherokee National Forest, just off the southern tip of South Holston Lake.

 

Police charged Randy Lewis with his third DUI and child abuse.

Captain Keith Elton says Lewis admitted to drinking at least 15 beers and liquor before the crash.

The shirt Lewis was wearing ironically reads, “Buy this dad a beer.â€

 

Luckily, police said all three kids are okay.

The woman, Paula Elaine Evans, was released from the hospital last night.

She also faces several charges.

 

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The Sullivan County Sheriff’s office believes a 10 year old was driving a car moments before it crashed Sunday on Flatwoods road in Sullivan County.

 

Police responding to the accident found an overturned car, three children and two adults on the scene, according to a report released by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office.

 

“The officers noticed that the adult female, Paula Elaine Evans, was standing in the roadway putting as many pills into her mouth as she could and swallowing them. The officers prevented her from taking anymore,†the report stated.

 

“The adult male, Randy Lewis, appeared to be intoxicated and admitted to consuming at least 15 beers along with liquor,†it stated.

 

After further investigation of the scene police learned that a 10-year old boy was driving the car at speeds near 90 miles an hour at the time of the wreck, according to the report.

 

For more information on the case, watch News Channel 11 at 5 and 6.

 

Lewis, 43, of Bristol, Tenn., is being held in the Sullivan County Correctional Facility and faces several charges including a third offense of Driving Under the Influence and aggravated child abuse/neglect, the report said.

 

Evans 38, of `Bristol, Tenn., remains hospitalized and faces several charges including felony reckless endangerment and aggravated child abuse/neglect, the report said.