Occurred Saturday, September 1, 2012, 22:47, Nile Drive at S.P.I.D. Driving While Intoxicated with vehicle crash 1209010171 and C1206671

The Corpus Christi Police Department made 22 arrests for driving while intoxicated over the Labor Day Weekend. One such arrest was after a vehicle crash in which the operator of a maroon 2008 Dodge Charger 4 door car travelled the wrong way on the access road of the freeway on South Padre Island Drive at Nile Drive.

The Corpus Christi Police responded to a call for a major vehicle crash in which the Dodge Charger t-boned a 2002 Chevy C/K 1500 pickup truck on the access road at 10:45pm. The operator of the Charger, 20-year-old Jose Villalobos (9/20/1991), told investigating officers he had come from the beach and did not know how he came to travel west in the eastbound lanes of the access road in front of the Whataburger.

Villalobos performed the standardized field sobriety tests. Corpus Christi Police gathered evidence and information, and then concluded that Villalobos was intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle on a public roadway.

Villalobos was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, taken to the hospital for a medical evaluation, and delivered to the city detention center.

A passenger in the truck that was struck by Villalobos complained of a minor injury. There were no other complaints of injury in the crash.

Corpus Christi Police made 662 arrests for Driving While Intoxicated this year to August 28 and collected blood or breath specimens from all but 5 suspects. The average blood alcohol concentration from the suspect’s is .18 which is over twice the legal limit of .08.

The Corpus Christi Police Department urges everyone to think before they drink and have a sober driver.