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If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one to see it, did it fall? What about a drunk-driving accident: did it happen if there is no one to record it on his cellphone and post it on social media?
We’re used to seeing people film the strangest occurrences, but this one probably takes the cake: a limo driver pulled up to the scene of a crash in Las Vegas and, noticing that the driver who caused was impaired, recorded himself while advising him to get out of there before the cops arrived.
The drunk driver did just that, together with the female passenger riding with him. Then, the dude with all the sage advice posted the video on social media. The Nevada Highway Patrol is now investigating the hit and run.
You can see the video at the bottom of the page. The one-car accident caused damage only to the car and the guard rail, and neither driver nor passenger was hurt. Still, leaving the scene of an accident is illegal, especially if you’re drunk – and especially if you leave and then report your vehicle stolen.
Which is precisely what the drunk dude did. Now, instead of facing a DUI charge, he’s facing charges of hit and run, failure to maintain his travel lane, felony insurance fraud and filing a false report. Police tracked him down after they found his crashed car and no one on the scene, and from his report that his vehicle got stolen.
“It's shocking that someone would roll up on a crash like this, notice someone's impaired and tell them to leave the scene,” trooper Jason Buratczuk tells KTNV/CNN. “Officers could have been doing other things; instead, they were looking for a vehicle that was reported stolen all because someone made a poor choice.”
“We've seen in the valley, especially in the past couple months, how bad DUIs have impacted our roadways as far as deaths and injury crashes, and to hear someone saying that on camera, it’s beyond belief,” Buratczuk adds.
Ironically, the limo driver who advised the drunk man to flee the scene of the accident will not be prosecuted.
The drunk driver did just that, together with the female passenger riding with him. Then, the dude with all the sage advice posted the video on social media. The Nevada Highway Patrol is now investigating the hit and run.
You can see the video at the bottom of the page. The one-car accident caused damage only to the car and the guard rail, and neither driver nor passenger was hurt. Still, leaving the scene of an accident is illegal, especially if you’re drunk – and especially if you leave and then report your vehicle stolen.
Which is precisely what the drunk dude did. Now, instead of facing a DUI charge, he’s facing charges of hit and run, failure to maintain his travel lane, felony insurance fraud and filing a false report. Police tracked him down after they found his crashed car and no one on the scene, and from his report that his vehicle got stolen.
“It's shocking that someone would roll up on a crash like this, notice someone's impaired and tell them to leave the scene,” trooper Jason Buratczuk tells KTNV/CNN. “Officers could have been doing other things; instead, they were looking for a vehicle that was reported stolen all because someone made a poor choice.”
“We've seen in the valley, especially in the past couple months, how bad DUIs have impacted our roadways as far as deaths and injury crashes, and to hear someone saying that on camera, it’s beyond belief,” Buratczuk adds.
Ironically, the limo driver who advised the drunk man to flee the scene of the accident will not be prosecuted.
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