Drunk driver crashes, heads straight to dealership to try to promote damaged automotive with lacking tire

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 occasions the legal alcohol restrict after no less than five folks known as 911.

Officers say the calls started coming in around 4:40 p.m. Monday.

They are saying witnesses reported seeing a SUV hit the median of the Lloyd Expressway close to the Most important Street exit. They say the crash prompted a flat tire and the car to smoke, however the driver stored going.

Other callers say the driver was everywhere in the street and now missing a front tire.

They say he eventually stopped at a car dealership and appeared “tremendous drunk.”

Staff told police the driver, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was making an attempt to promote his SUV.

Police say he had swelling and scratches as if he had just been in a crash.

They say Mattingly smelled of alcohol and virtually fell a number of times. Officers say he tested .291 on a conveyable breath take a look at.

Police say inside his SUV, they found Four Loko cans and a can of White Claw.

Mattingly is going through several expenses.

He is the son of the supervisor for the Miami Marlins and former professional baseball player, Don Mattingly.

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