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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 times the legal alcohol restrict after at the least 5 individuals known as 911.

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

They are saying witnesses reported seeing a SUV hit the median of the Lloyd Expressway close to the Important Avenue exit. They are saying the crash induced a flat tire and the car to smoke, however the driver kept going.

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

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

Employees informed police the motive force, 30-year-old Jordon Mattingly, was attempting 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 almost fell a number of times. Officers say he tested .291 on a conveyable breath take a look at.

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

Mattingly is going through a number of charges.

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

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