Woman Driver Shaves Private Parts in Car and Causes Highway Accident

Woman Driver Shaves Private Parts in Car

Florida resident Megan Barnes, 37, wanted to be "fresh" and ready for a hot date with her boyfriend. So while driving her car on the heavily traveled U.S. Highway 1 in the Florida Keys, she asked her ex-husband Charles Judy, who was in the passenger seat, to take the wheel while she shaved her private parts.

The distracted duo then rear-ended a 2006 Chevy pickup truck, injuring the male driver and two female passengers. Police records indicate that the accident, however, did not slow the loony couple down; Barnes and Judy kept going for about another half mile. Barnes allegedly switched seats with Judy, who then claimed to have been the driver all along.

Monroe County Assistant State Attorney Colleen Dunne has seen it all but she could not believe the antics of this pair, "Barnes jumps in the back seat, and Judy moves over," Dunick said. "It was like the old comedy bit, 'Who's on first?' "

Oddly enough, this comedy of errors gets better. The day before the incident, Barnes had her driver's license revoked for five years, after which time she must have a Breathalyzer ignition interlock device on any vehicle she drives. The woman apparently had been convicted of a DUI with a prior and was driving with a suspended driver's license. Barnes was also ordered by the court to impound her 1995 Thunderbird and was sentenced to nine months probation.

State troopers charged Barnes with driving with a revoked license, reckless driving, leaving the scene of a wreck with injuries and driving with no insurance. Barnes' alleged accomplice, Judy, was not charged.

According to Dunne, Barnes faces a maximum of a year in jail if found guilty of violating her probation.

"This is a scary road and a lot of bad wrecks are caused by dumb stuff like this," says on-the-scene investigator State Trooper Gary Dunick. "It is unbelievable."