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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 occasions the authorized alcohol restrict after not less than five individuals called 911.

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

They say witnesses reported seeing a SUV hit the median of the Lloyd Expressway close to the Principal Avenue exit. They say the crash caused a flat tire and the automotive to smoke, but the driver stored going.

Different callers say the driver was everywhere in the street and now lacking a entrance tire.

They say he ultimately stopped at a automobile dealership and appeared “tremendous drunk.”

Workers told police the driver, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was trying to sell his SUV.

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

They say Mattingly smelled of alcohol and almost fell a number of instances. Officers say he examined .291 on a transportable breath test.

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

Mattingly is facing a number of expenses.

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

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