So the other night at about 0300, I responded for a motor vehicle accident at a busy intersection. Well, it's a busy intersection at not 0300. But still, apparently busy enough for some guy to T-bone another guy.
So we get on scene about the same time as the engine to find two sedans, one with pretty decent intrusion on the driver's side (the T-bonee) and one with a crumpled front end (the T-boner). I went to see the T-boner, while my partner went to see the T-bonee with the engine company in tow to maybe cut him out of his smushed car.
As I approach the T-boner car, I see a young male in the front seat with a fair amount of bleeding from a nice lac on his head. He seems a little dazed when I start talking to him. He's a little squirrelly, but talking to me.
Then the cops show up. Which they usually do for MVAs... My friend Mr. T-boner took one look, jumped out of the car and bolted for the woods.
Me: "Uh guys... guys...?"
Police Department: "Who's that guy? Why's he running?"
Me: "He probably caused the wreck... and doesn't seem happy to see y'all. And I'm definitely not chasing him."
Cue multiple officers running for the woods as well.
They come back a few minutes later with my lovely patient in tow. Turns out drunk and bleeding from the head makes running stealthily kind of difficult.
He denies that he was the driver. He seems confused over the fact that he can still be arrested while denying that he was driving. Even though 1) I IDed him. 2) His driver's license that he conveniently left on the front seat IDed him. 3) He has an otherwise unexplained bleeding gash on his forehead. And 4) the police caught him running from the scene. But I mean, we should probably take his word for it.
He blew a 0.22. I'd be confused too.
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