Drunk driver crashes, heads straight to dealership to attempt to promote broken automobile with missing tire

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 times the authorized alcohol restrict after no less than 5 people known as 911.

Officers say the calls began 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 Road exit. They say the crash precipitated a flat tire and the automobile to smoke, but the driver kept going.

Other callers say the driving force was all over the highway and now lacking a front tire.

They say he eventually stopped at a automobile dealership and appeared “super drunk.”

Staff informed police the driving force, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was attempting to sell his SUV.

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

They are saying Mattingly smelled of alcohol and nearly fell a number of times. Officers say he examined .291 on a portable breath take a look at.

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

Mattingly is facing a number of prices.

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

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