Dwi Suspect Runs Over Self, Resources In New Mexico Say

Drunk Busters is a New Mexico resource which allows citizens to report drunken drivers by dialing #394 on their cell phones. The operator on the other end asks for information, such as the drunk driver's location, and the color, make and model of the car the alleged drunk is driving.

On November 23rd, a couple of calls to the organization reported that an extremely drunken driver was weaving down the highway. The first resource behind these calls reported that the drunk was driving in the median, and also that the driver came close to hitting a highway guardrail. The picture the first caller painted was one of a man weaving from one side of the road, all the way to the other. The second caller related much the same news: that the drunk driver looked as if he were going to "smack" another vehicle.
These resources initiated a police chase of the suspect, who did not stop for the police, but rather kept swerving across all lanes of traffic, and on and off the road. Resources report that the chase began on State Road 16, off of Interstate 25 toward Cochiti Lake. When a New Mexico state police officer finally caught up with the drunk, the resource of the officer's dashboard camera showed what the callers had reported in real time. The dashboard camera resource clearly witnessed the drunk (later identified as Roy T. Auilar, a twenty-one-year-old from the pueblo of Santo Domingo) weaving around the road, close to guardrails, and in front of oncoming traffic. The oncoming car left the road to avoid the drunk, who then drunkenly slid his car back across the lane, and almost right into another car. The drunk then left the road, uprooted a fence, and kept on driving across the open range.

When the drunk finally decided to call it quits, he attempted to put the car in park and get out of it. Instead, he put the car in reverse and stepped out of it. The car's left front wheel then careened over both of the drunk's legs. Police quickly called in the paramedics, and the drunk was taken to the hospital. However, he did not go quietly - it took a resource of six officers to get the drunk out of the ambulance, since he was combative to the point of excess. He had to be restrained during his entire stay at the hospital.

The drunk, Aguilar, was charged with aggravated DWI, and inside of his vehicle a near-empty bottle of vodka was discovered. Apparently, the drunk had had no idea where he was when he was still on the road. Police resources say the suspect thought he'd turned off on the Santo Domingo exit, though that exit was eight miles ahead of where he'd actually pulled off. The drunk is now residing in jail with minor injuries, awaiting the results of his blood sample, which was taken to check for alcohol.