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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 occasions the authorized alcohol restrict after at least five folks referred to 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 near the Most important Avenue exit. They say the crash precipitated a flat tire and the automotive to smoke, but the driver stored going.

Other callers say the driving force was everywhere in the road and now missing a entrance tire.

They are saying he finally stopped at a automobile dealership and appeared “super drunk.”

Employees informed police the driving force, 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 almost fell several occasions. Officers say he tested .291 on a conveyable breath check.

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

Mattingly is going through a number of expenses.

He is the son of the manager for the Miami Marlins and former skilled baseball participant, Don Mattingly.

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