the kids said mackenzie behrens .
mackenzie and ethan behrens , 14 and 12 , texted police in southern nebraska after their father allegedly began driving drunk .
two kids sent text messages to police , turning in their own drunken father , jason behrens blew three times the legal limit when arrested .
jason behrens , 44 , reportedly blew almost three times nebraska 's legal driving limit of 0.08 % .
they sent kearney police on a two nebraska children texted 911 to stop their father from allegedly drunk driving after being scared for their lives during a road trip swerving down the road .
mackenzie and ethan behrens , 14 and 12 , were riding along in kearney toward a vacation in colorado when they began sending fearful messages to police .
jason behrens took his kids on vacation and drove through kearney , nebraska .
kearney , nebraska ( wkbn ) – a man was arrested wednesday for drunk driving with his kids in the car , and it was not the first time .
( ntv nebraska news abc ) the kids also asked their dad , 44 - year - old jason behrens , to pull over at a burger king so officers could catch up to their rental car , according to ntv .