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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 times the authorized alcohol limit after at the very least five individuals called 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 Principal Road exit. They are saying the crash triggered a flat tire and the automotive to smoke, but the driver stored going.

Different callers say the motive force was all over the highway and now missing a front tire.

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

Staff told police the motive force, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was attempting to promote 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 times. Officers say he tested .291 on a portable 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 prices.

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

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