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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Police say they arrested a driver who was 3.5 occasions the legal alcohol limit after not less than 5 people referred to as 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 Essential Avenue exit. They say the crash prompted a flat tire and the car to smoke, however the driver saved going.

Other callers say the driver was all around the highway and now missing a front tire.

They say he finally stopped at a car dealership and appeared “tremendous drunk.”

Staff told police the driver, 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 virtually fell a number of times. Officers say he examined .291 on a conveyable breath take a look at.

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

Mattingly is going through several prices.

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

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