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BENTON, KY (WSMV) -

A woman who was accused of abandoning her toddler on the interstate last year is going to prison.

Cynthia Palmer pleaded guilty Monday to charges of assault, public intoxication, DUI and wanton endangerment.

Palmer admitted she was high on synthetic drugs last February when she started to hallucinate and got out of her car in Marshall County, KY.

She tried to cross I-24 with her two young sons, but dropped the 2-year-old on the road and left him there.

He suffered a head injury.

Palmer was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison.

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