We're just making sure you're a >> Yeah, we're just making sure you're all right. >> On June 12th, 2025, officers were dispatched to a driving complaint. After a caller reported a heavily damaged blue Nissan had struck the median along an Illinois highway. When police arrived, they found the vehicle crashed into a street sign and a driver whose level of impairment was so severe that even the most basic tasks and instructions seemed impossible, raising serious questions about how he had managed to make it as far as he did behind the wheel. >> Stop! Do not move! Do not move! >> Sir, what's going on? >> I'm stuck. >> Have you been drinking today? >> Sorry? >> Have you been drinking? >> No. >> No? No uh drugs? >> No. >> No cannabis? >> No. >> Well, I'm just wondering how we got we got here, how you're hitting the sign right here. >> I got I got stuck off of the road. >> But do you remember how it happened? >> I lost control. >> Okay. You just lost control? Like were you going too fast? What I'm just trying to figure out what happened here. >> I don't think there was speed violation. >> Okay. And like I said, I'm just trying to figure out what happened cuz obviously this hitting the sign's not normal. >> Okay, I'm sorry. >> Where are you coming from? >> St. Charles. >> St. Charles? What were what what was going on out there? >> Sorry. >> But what You live in St. Charles? >> Yes, I live St. Charles. >> What's bringing you out here? >> I was trying to attend an event. >> An event? Like celebrating something? >> Um no. >> Okay. Well, can I get your ID and proof of insurance, please? >> According to the report, when officers first arrived, the man attempted to drive away before being ordered to stop and put the vehicle in park. And while his level of impairment already appears obvious, the responding officer does not note any odor of alcohol during the initial contact, but instead only documents a strong smell of cigarette smoke coming from the vehicle. >> Sir, your proof of insurance, as well. >> Um >> All right, just stay right here. >> Sir, can I have you turn your car off? >> Yeah, turn your car off, please. >> You're making me a little nervous. There's only you revved the engine. Let me put your keys up here, okay? Can I have your keys? Thanks, sir. Okay. >> That was interesting. So, I I didn't smell anything like other than just kind of like cigarette smoke. Uh I didn't notice anything in the car. I did see I I well, heard the slurred speech. It was the slurred speech and then like obviously when I asked him to get his ID, it was really just slow slow movement and like bringing about both his ID and then his uh social security card and then completely forgetting that I asked for his insurance card, as well. So, I had to remind him of that. >> What do you think you have? >> I have I have I have some type of impairment. >> Yes, sir. >> I'm not I I don't think it's alcohol related. Cuz I did like his eyes, they weren't glassy. They just kind of seemed like empty. So, I I think some type of some type of drug. >> Okay. >> At this point, the lack of any noticeable odor of alcohol leads the officer to suspect that some type of drug impairment may be involved. However, later developments in the investigation will suggest otherwise. And while officers have already taken the man's keys and placed them on the roof of his vehicle, he now appears to have forgotten that entirely, setting up yet another example of just how impaired he really is. >> He's dragging a sign. Yeah, he also started to try to drive away when we pulled up and I was >> Stop. >> Did you take his keys away? >> Yep, it's on top of the on top of the tire. >> Nope. I'm trying to find your car keys. Uh I'm going to be real honest, my friend. Your tire is so shredded, you cannot drive. Your vehicle will have to be towed, for sure. And you can continue to look for your car keys if you want, but you you can't drive on this tire. >> Have you Have you seen it? >> You're also attached to >> Woah. >> You're also attached to a sign. You can stay in your car. You can >> No, I'm sorry. I haven't seen it. >> You Well, I'll take a picture of it and I'll show it to you cuz I don't want you to get out of the >> You're not Don't Don't get out of the car, okay? >> There's traffic everywhere. >> I don't want you to get hit by a car. That's your car right now. You cannot drive on that, my friend. >> Sir, do you take any uh medications for anything? >> No. >> No? >> All right. So, here's what I'm going to ask you. Will you do some some field sobriety tests? So, right now, your car you're not going to be able to drive it. We're going to have to get it towed out of here. But, right now I want to do some field sobriety tests with you. Would you be willing to do those? >> Okay, what you want me to do? >> So, what I want you to do is I want to run some some field sobriety tests on you. So, what I want you to do is walk back to my car over there, all right? >> This will prove to be a much more difficult task than one might think, as he is visibly struggling to keep himself upright and maintain his balance. >> Completely voluntary. >> Why you got your hands up like that? You can put them down if you want. >> You don't have to keep your hands up there. >> You got both of your hands right on it. We don't want you doing fields on the side of the road. There's too many cars. Would you be willing to let my partner take you over here and do it in a safer parking lot? Do you hear what I'm saying? Are you willing to get in the car with us and have you us drive you over there so you can do them in a safer spot? >> Okay. Sir. >> Where are you going? Where are you walking to? >> I don't know. Where am I supposed to be going? >> Are you Are you consenting to us taking you over there to doing fields? >> Yes. >> Okay, perfect. We're going to >> we're going to go back to my car. We're going to We're going to go back to my car. >> here. Too dangerous. >> We're going to go to my car and we're going to We're going to drive you over there, all right? Sir, real quick before I have you get in my car, I just want you to put both your hands on here. I just got to do a quick pat down. Just make sure you have nothing on you. >> That's fine. >> So, put put Put your hands on my car just like this, all right? All right, you don't have any weapons on you. Nothing's going to hurt me, poke me, stick me. You're good. You can take your hands off the car. We're going to get you inside the car now, sir. All right, back up, please. >> She's going to give you all his cell phone, okay? We'll keep your phone for you. Keep it safe. >> All right, back up. All right, now we're going get in the car, sir? You can put your hands down, sir. It's all right. All right. Just going to Can you lean forward for me for a second? Lean forward. So I can get All right, you're good, sir. You can You can You can sit up right. >> With the shoulder of a busy highway far from an ideal place to conduct field sobriety tests, officers transport him to a nearby parking lot. During the short drive, he repeatedly appears to drift in and out of sleep, and despite already struggling to maintain his balance, the most concerning signs of impairment are still yet to come. >> All right, sir. Can I have you step out? >> What's the problem? >> We're going to do some field sobriety tests on you. Just make sure you're all right, all right? Cuz you were driving just when you Remember how you had you struck that sign back there on when you were north on Route 31 here? >> We're just making sure >> Yeah, we're just making sure you're all right. >> You can fall over a little bit, okay? >> All right, so right now we're going to step just to the front of my car and you can take a seat right on Come with me right over here, sir. >> No. You can go with him. >> It's all right. >> I'm just making sure you're not falling. >> Yeah. can lean in the back of the And you can take a seat for me right here, all right? Just take a seat for me right here, sir. >> Right here. Sorry. And you need to listen to what we're saying, okay? >> I'm trying to >> I know. Can you sit here? Can you put your butt on this bar? >> Oh, okay. >> There you go. Perfect. Just like that. >> All right, sir. Can you hear me all right? >> Yes. >> Officers prepare to begin standardized field sobriety tests in an effort to better assess the man's condition, but before the evaluation can progress very far, the man's condition begins to create challenges that are difficult to ignore. >> So, I'm going to need you to do For the purpose of this this test, when I refer to stimulus, I'm just meaning the tip of my finger, all right? You all right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you understand the instructions so far? Okay. Okay. All right, we're going to get started now, all right? Just your eyes, sir. Keep your head still. Remember, sir, just with your eyes. You don't don't want to move your head, all right? >> You're just going to move your eyes in front of you, not your whole head. All right? So, I'll do it one more time. >> All right. Okay. All right, can you stand up for me, sir? All right. >> wait till Zach gets here to do this just in case. >> Yeah. >> We're just going to wait for one more person just in case you don't want him to fall off. >> Yeah, we don't want you to fall at all. We don't want you to get hurt. >> There he is. >> So, what do you want me to do? >> So, we're going to step over here for right now. >> We're going to make sure we're off this sloped sidewalk, okay? We're going to let you pick your place. You want to do one of the right there where there's no no cracks, no There's >> Just tell me what to do. >> Okay, stay right here. Right here. >> If you want to kind of be close to him, he's having trouble with kind of standing, so if you could just be around just in case. >> All right, Derek. So, for this next test I'm just going to just to get started. >> on him. >> Yeah, just focus on me, sir. Don't They're just here to make sure you're you're not going to hurt yourself by falling or anything. Do you have any physical issues, any abnormalities, anything you're seeing a doctor for right now? >> No. >> No? Okay. As difficult as the eye test was, officers now move on to the walk and turn test. However, the man's condition is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, and the evaluation is about to come to an abrupt end. >> All right, so what I what I want you to do is I want you to put your left foot on that line. Just like this, and then left foot behind, and your right foot in front just like this. >> All right. All right. Okay, I don't think we're going to be able to do that. I think we're just going to >> Yeah. >> Your name's Derek, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Can my partner ask where you're coming from? >> St. Charles. >> You're coming from St. Charles? >> Yes. >> Unfortunately, Derek you are you are going to be placed under arrest right now. I have reason to believe that you have been driving under the influence. So, we are going to we're going to bring you in for that, okay? Uh no, we got to stop on that side of the We're We're walking you back to to where you were sitting in my squad car before. >> You already searched him? >> We did a pat down. >> Okay. >> So, >> Can you stand up? >> Yes. >> All right, I want you to lean back just a little bit. You're having a hard time. >> Okay. >> All right, go ahead and place your butt in on the plastic seat. Ready? >> Um We're going to get We're going to have you sit inside my car, okay? >> Yes, sir. >> Go ahead. >> And Joe, I want to make sure that you're aware of his status now. Joe, are you Are you aware of his driving status, correct? >> I saw it was valid. >> Okay. >> Um he's going back with no valid driver's license out of Antioch. >> Something worth saying. >> Either I misread that or the computer did not say that. That's okay. No issues. Um >> What next? >> Uh Did one of you let C-Com know we have one in custody or do I have to >> You're good. >> Uh then let C-Com know we're en route to the station for processing. >> Okay. >> Uh I'm not To be quite honest, I'm not exactly sure. >> Okay. All right. >> Following the investigation, the man was charged with multiple offenses. And because this was his third DUI offense, he was also charged with aggravated DUI, a felony under Illinois law. He was also charged with possession of open alcohol by a driver, unlawful possession of cannabis by a driver, and several traffic violations related to the crash. At the police station, Derek submitted to a breath test and recorded a BAC of 0.171, more than twice the legal limit. What are your thoughts on this case? Please leave a like, subscribe, and comment your thoughts below. Thanks for watching.