Dashcam footage shows an ASP Corporal charged with DWI, crashing a squad car, failed sobriety test
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Monticello, AR - New dashcam footage obtained by KATV shows the moment a former Arkansas State Police (ASP) Corporal crashed his squad car after police said he was driving while intoxicated.
ASP say that Corporal John Parker, 45, was arrested on August 21 after he crashed his squad car off the side of U.S. Highway 278 near Monticello.
The footage shows Parker swerving in between lanes of traffic and the median before driving into oncoming traffic to crash off the side of the highway. Parker managed to avoid hitting other vehicles or poles before coming to rest in a nearby gravel parking lot.
Another State Trooper responded to the scene and administered a field sobriety test to Parker, who was charged with driving while intoxicated and prohibited driving after the test indicated that he was impaired.
Dashcam video shows Parker stumbling while performing the test.
Parker resigned from State Police on August 23. He had been employed by the agency since 2014.