Arrests.
An Allentown man has been charged Aug. 5 with DUI offenses after police said he had a BAC of more than 0.16% when he collided with a parked car and then another car at the intersection of North Broad and East Main streets in Lansdale last month and fled the scene.
George N. Escobar-Avila, 29, of the 400 block of South Glenwood Street, faces charges of misdemeanor DUI with a BAC of .16% or higher, misdemeanor DUI with general impairment, and summary offenses of running a red light, careless driving, and accidents involving damage to an attended vehicle, police said. The defendant was charged via summons.
Police responded to a reported hit-and-run crash in progress on July 14 at 6:51 a.m. on the 400 block of North Broad Street, where a witness reported a white Honda Accord sedan struck a parked car and the driver fled southbound on Main Street, police said.
The witness said the car then hit another car at the intersection, which police said received several 911 calls from witnesses.
Upon arrival at the intersection, police found a white Honda Accord collided with a red Subaru, with both drivers out of their respective vehicles, per the affidavit. Police found Escobar-Avila sitting on the curb, asked him what happened, and he told them he was turning left onto East Main Street and hit another driver, per the complaint.
Escobar-Avila was trying to park on North Broad Street, when he hit the parked car, police said, and told police he should not have driven away.
Witnesses told police Escobar-Avila ran a red light, which police confirmed with its traffic surveillance camera, according to the complaint.
While speaking with Escobar-Avila, police noticed his eyes were red and glassy and his speech was thick and slurred, police said, and he was unsteady on his feet.
When asked how much he drank that morning, Escobar-Avila told police he had four shots, according to the affidavit. He could not give an answer as to where he was coming from and where he was going, police said.
Escobar-Avila complied to a field sobriety test, which he failed, police said. He also had to make three attempts on the portable breath test, police said.
At 7:07 a.m., police took him into custody for DUI, and took him to police headquarters for a blood draw from VMSC Emergency Medical Services, according to the report.
On July 30, blood results showed a BAC of .163%, police said.
Escobar-Avila faces a preliminary hearing Sept. 4 at 10:45 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Edward Levine.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
