Crime & Safety

Drunk Driver Attempts to Leave Scene of a Crash

Incidents and arrests as reported by the Lower Southampton Police Department.

The following arrest information was supplied by the Lower Southampton Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. For full details from the police reports, click on the attached PDF file.

On Saturday, Oct. 20 at about 1:15 a.m., Lower Southampton Police received a report that a vehicle had crashed into a fence at the dead end of Rosewood Avenue in Trevose.

When officers arrived on the scene, they observed the driver attempting to free the car, which was stuck on wet, muddy grass.

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Officers approached the 31-year-old driver from Langhorne and advised him to stop the vehicle and put it in park. He complied and then exited the car when asked to. 

While speaking to the driver, officers smelled the odor of alcohol on his breath and noticed that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot. 

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The driver told police that he missed his turn and failed to stop before his car left the road and hit a property line fence. He admitted that he tried to free the car and leave the scene.

He failed field sobriety tests and registered .15 percent on a breath test. He was placed under arrest for DUI and agreed to a blood draw.

Summons will be filed upon receipt of the crime lab analysis report.


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