Drunk driver crashes, heads straight to dealership to try to promote broken automobile with lacking tire

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 occasions the authorized alcohol restrict after at the very least five people known as 911.

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

They say witnesses reported seeing a SUV hit the median of the Lloyd Expressway close to the Predominant Street exit. They say the crash brought on a flat tire and the car to smoke, but the driver kept going.

Other callers say the driver was everywhere in the highway and now lacking a front tire.

They are saying he eventually stopped at a car dealership and appeared “super drunk.”

Workers informed police the motive force, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was trying to sell his SUV.

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

They are saying Mattingly smelled of alcohol and nearly fell several instances. Officers say he tested .291 on a transportable breath check.

Police say inside his SUV, they discovered 4 Loko cans and a can of White Claw.

Mattingly is going through several fees.

He's the son of the supervisor for the Miami Marlins and former skilled baseball player, Don Mattingly.

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