Alleged Drunk Driver Jailed after Wreck
Posted/updated on: October 25, 2011 at 11:16 am
LUFKIN — A Lufkin man with a blood alcohol concentration twice the legal limit was booked into the Angelina County Jail after crashing his truck into a pole Friday night. Witnesses at the scene of the accident in the 1900 block of East Denman Avenue said a man driving a silver Ford pickup truck hit the pole, then backed up and drove away. Because the truck sustained extensive damage from the crash, it broke down about 200 yards west of the accident.
The man, later identified as Miguel Garcia, 50, of Lufkin, ran into a nearby wooded area, according to witnesses. When police found him hiding in low-lying grass near the edge of a wooded area, they discovered he was intoxicated. After being transported to the jail, Garcia provided breath samples that indicated his blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit. He was booked on a charge of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of the accident.
