A Fruitland Park man was arrested for DUI after crashing head-on into a vehicle in the opposite lane while clinically intoxicated.
An officer was headed south on U.S. Hwy. 441 when he saw a white Nissan head north in the southbound lanes at 2:15 a.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the Eustis Police Department. The driver, later identified as 26-year-old DAA, collided head-on with a gray Honda as a result.
Other officers arrived shortly after the crash to see the Honda facing west in the southbound lanes with smoke coming from the hood. South of the Honda sat the Nissan, also facing west. Both sustained severe front-end damage, the report said.
An officer approached the Nissan and found A. sitting in the driver’s seat, unresponsive with his head resting against the steering wheel. All the doors were locked, so the officer banged on the windows several times. A moaned in pain and moved his head toward the driver’s side window, during which the officer could see active bleeding on the right side of his head, the report said.
A. was not responsive to his commands and continued to moan and mumble incoherently. The officer repeatedly told him to unlock and open the door, to which he said several times he was trying to open it. But he did not try to use the door handle, instead fumbling with items around his lap and waist, the report said.
After multiple instructions, he eventually unlocked and opened his door. He immediately stated he had not been driving, a completely false statement since another officer had been there to see the crash, the report said.
A. stayed seated with his pants resting just above his knees and his shoes off. Those, along with his wallet and phone, laid on the driver’s side floorboard. He had blood dripping around his extremely glossy eyes. He also had a dazed, confused expression with slurred, muffled and difficult to understand speech. He smelled strongly of alcohol when speaking to officers, the report said.
As for the other driver, he sustained a large laceration about three inches wide and three inches long on his forehead. It looked deep, with the skull bone visible, and actively bled. His right ankle seemed to be broken, as well, with a crooked appearance and severe swelling. Due to the extent of his injuries, he was airlifted to the Orlando Regional Medical Center where medical personnel advised that his head injury included a skull fracture, the report said.
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