Good Samaritan arrested trying to help crash victims

Deputies: Man appeared to be drunk

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Good Samaritan was arrested after trying to help the victims of a car crash.

Orange County deputies responded to the accident on University Boulevard near State Road 417 just after 2 a.m. Friday.

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Shortly after the crash, a man who wasn't involved in the accident walked into the roadway and tried to help the victims, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies said the man was stumbling and appeared to be intoxicated.

The man was told to get out out of the roadway, but he ignored the deputies demands and continued to try to help, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The man was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence.

The three victims involved in the accident were transported to Florida Hospital East with minor injuries.

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