U mm McDonald's is always hiring......

At the age of 23, Tia Thomson already had four children. Since she was living on welfare, we're guessing there was no father(s) to help her out. Matters got worse when Alabama recently informed her that her welfare benefits were about to end...

So Thompson decided to put an end to herself -- and two of her children. She got into her car with her 3 and 4-year-old kids, failed to buckle them into their car seats, then purposely drove the car into a utility pole.

We're guessing she wasn't going that fast, or perhaps she just sucks at suicide and the art of killing children. The kids were treated for minor injuries and given to their grandparents. But it looks like mom will now be enjoying a new kind of welfare -- the variety dispensed by the Alabama penal system, which is not known for its generosity.

After the accident, Thompson admitted to that she purposely drove into the pole as a suicide attempt. She said she'd recently been given notice that her welfare benefits would end, and she couldn't afford to support her family.

There's no word on whether another alternative -- known as a "job" -- entered her thinking. Then again, it could be that no jobs are available in Montgomery these days. (Could you enlighten us on this, dearest readers from Alabama?)

Either way, the path she did choose has resulted in attempted murder charges for trying to kill her kids.

Tia Thompson was arrested Monday after driving her car into a power pole in an attempt to take her own life and that of two of her four children, ages three and four, Montgomery police investigators say.

Police found Thompson, 23, at the 1300 block of Woodley Road Monday. She is charged with two counts of attempted murder and has been taken to the Montgomery County Detention Facility with a bond of $200,000.

Thompson advised a Montgomery Police Department officer that she had intentionally hit the power pole while driving, police announced.

She and the children were taken to Jackson Hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Neither child was in a safety seat or had a seat belt fastened, according to MPD spokesman Capt. Ron Cook. Both children were treated and released to a grandparent, according to the Department of Human Resources.

Thompson told police she received notification that her welfare benefits were getting cut and was told she could no longer support herself or her children, according to the police report.
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