--- description: A 19-year-old Texas teen was arrested for driving while intoxicated after she collided with a parked police car title: Don't Selfie and Drive. Teen Girl Hits Cop Car on Snapchat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5014361c489410c/6988abeea988ca20696b9ed0/miranda-kay-radar.jpg?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Don't Selfie and Drive. Teen Girl Hits Cop Car on Snapchat by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2016 2:32 PM CUT  Miranda Kay Rader was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after she collided with a parked patrol car when taking a topless selfie Thursday evening, the police department for Bryan, Texas, reports Miranda Kay Rader was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after she collided with a parked patrol car when taking a topless selfie Thursday evening, the police department for Bryan, Texas, reportsBryan Police Department by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 28, 2016 2:32 PM CUT A 19-year-old Texas teen was arrested for driving while intoxicated after she collided with a parked police car while attempting to send a Snapchat message, [police said](https://www.facebook.com/BryanPD/posts/10154800969514789 "undefined"). Miranda Kay Rader, a Texas A&M University student, was released on a $2,000 bond, [CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/miranda-kay-rader-texas-student-in-car-accident-while-taking-topless-selfie/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=30440371 "undefined") reports. A police report indicated she may have been trying to send a topless selfie, though it didn’t say so explicitly. “The white female driver with an unclasped brasserie, was attempting to put a black blouse on,” the Bryan, Texas police officer whose car she hit Wednesday wrote in his report. “I also observed an open, green-tinted glass bottle of wine in the center console cupholder. I \[asked\] her why she was not dressed while driving and she stated that she was taking a Snapchat photo to send to her boyfriend while she was at the red light.” “Don’t Drink and Drive! Don’t #snapchat photos to your boyfriend and drive!” the Bryan Police Deptartment wrote on Twitter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4548949/snapchat-selfie-car-crash/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4548949/snapchat-selfie-car-crash/"},"headline":"Don't Selfie and Drive. Teen Girl Hits Cop Car on Snapchat","datePublished":"2016-10-28T14:32:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:20:37.331Z","description":"A police report indicated she may have been trying to send a topless selfie","url":"https://time.com/4548949/snapchat-selfie-car-crash/","keywords":["Texas","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5014361c489410c/6988abeea988ca20696b9ed0/miranda-kay-radar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5014361c489410c/6988abeea988ca20696b9ed0/miranda-kay-radar.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"miranda-kay-radar","caption":"Miranda Kay Rader was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after she collided with a parked patrol car when taking a topless selfie Thursday evening, the police department for Bryan, Texas, reports","creditText":"Bryan Police Department","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4548949/snapchat-selfie-car-crash/","name":"Don't Selfie and Drive. Teen Girl Hits Cop Car on Snapchat"}}]}] ```