FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A Fort Wayne man is accused of driving drunk and blowing by way of a cease signal simply previous to a crash that landed his twin brother within the hospital in life-threatening situation with a damaged neck.
Allen County Prosecutors this week formally charged 25-year-old Christopher S. Palacios with felony counts of inflicting severe bodily harm whereas working a automobile whereas intoxicated and felony recklessness with a lethal weapon.
Palacios is accused of being behind the wheel of a 2002 Cadillac whereas he drove it west on Flutter Highway along with his brother, Cody Palacios, and one other individual in passenger seats through the early morning hours on April 9, in response to Allen Superior Court docket paperwork.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, Christopher Palacios didn’t cease on the cease signal on the intersection with Wheelock Highway and his Cadillac was T-boned by a Buick.
Knowledge from the Cadillac’s Airbag Management Module confirmed that Palacios had the Cadillac at 62 miles-per-hour and didn’t faucet or contact the brakes on the time of the crash, an Allen County Sheriff’s investigator wrote in court docket paperwork.
A blood draw at a hospital later confirmed he had a blood-alcohol-content of .13 %. Indiana’s authorized restrict is .08 %.
An 18-year-old man contained in the Cadillac with the Palacios brothers fled the scene however later went to a hospital with a minor concussion. Two individuals contained in the Buick had been additionally injured – the 43-year-old driver suffered a concussion whereas a 16-year-old passenger suffered a knee harm.
Cody Palacios, who was ejected from the automobile within the crash, was taken to native hospital in essential situation with a fractured neck and a head harm.
In keeping with a GoFundMe web page arrange by Christopher Palacios, his brother had 4 damaged cervical vertebrae, a damaged jaw, a number of head and face fractures in addition to a leg that’s “not transferring but.”
“By the grace of God I obtained out of this incident with minor scratches,” Christopher Palacios wrote on the GoFundMe web page. “My brother was not as fortunate. His head was the goal to the quick approaching automobile that t-boned us.”
In an interview with investigators, Christopher Palacios admitted that he didn’t come to an entire cease on the cease signal at Flutter and Wheelock however that he did decelerate, in response to court docket paperwork. He additionally informed an investigator he didn’t have insurance coverage on the Cadillac, court docket paperwork mentioned.
That’s opposite to what the pc knowledge from the Cadillac reveals, investigators wrote in court docket paperwork.
“The accident might have been quite a bit worse then what I used to be blessed with. I don’t need to lose my twin, I would like him to be again climbing buildings downtown with me, skateboarding, and hanging with all of our beloved buddies,” Christopher Palacios wrote on his GoFundMe submit.
A warrant for Christopher Palacios’ arrest has been issued, however it isn’t clear whether or not he’s been booked into Allen County Jail as of but.
