After crashing into a freeway wall, an Indiana man tried to get rid of the evidence by driving his damaged SUV straight to a nearby dealership and asking the store to buy it from him, according to police.
When Jordon Mattingly arrived at D-Patrick Honda in Evansville, his vehicle was missing a tire and had clear signs of having been in a recent collision, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
Mattingly, the 30-year-old son of former MLB player Don Mattingly, appeared “super drunk,” a witness at the dealership told police, and had minor injuries to his shin and forehead.
He told police that the damage to his vehicle was caused by hitting a pothole two days earlier and that he had gone to the store to sell it and buy a new one.
Mattingly had reportedly arrived at the dealership about 15 minutes after a caller reported seeing a silver Honda matching his vehicle driving erratically and hit a nearby freeway wall at about 70 mph.
Once a Breathalyzer test showed that Mattingly’s blood alcohol level was 3.5 times the legal limit, police said, he admitted having “a lot” to drink and was arrested on charges of driving under the influence.