Police: Drunk man had daughter, 9, drive van

LAFAYETTE – Police say an intoxicated Lafayette man put his 9-year-old daughter behind the wheel of a minivan while he rode in the passenger seat.

The 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday after a 911 caller reported a child was spotted driving a minivan in Lafayette.

An officer stopped the vehicle and found the girl buckled in and crying in the driver’s seat.

Police said the man acknowledged taking pain medication, and several containers of alcohol were in the vehicle.

Court documents stated the man told the officer he put his daughter behind the wheel so she would learn how to drive.