VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A driver is facing multiple charges, including DUI and battery on law enforcement, after an alleged reckless driving spree on Interstate 4.
Volusia County deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to multiple reports of hit-and-run crashes on Wednesday involving a reckless driver on I-4, beginning in Seminole County. Witnesses reported the suspect vehicle struck a guardrail, lost a front wheel and kept going.
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Deputies say the driver eventually exited I-4 and became stuck at a construction site off Shell Road in DeBary. Deputies then detained the driver, identified as Eric Drewry, 47.
Drewry appeared to be under the influence at the time of his arrest, according to the sheriff’s office. Authorities say he resisted deputies and kicked one while being escorted into the back of a patrol vehicle.
According to the police report, when a trooper questioned Drewry about the crash, he replied, “What crash?”
During transport to the hospital, Drewry reportedly asked deputies multiple times to release him in exchange for $2,000.
Drewry was charged with resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer, DUI, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, and refusal to submit to DUI testing.