Driver Charged With DUI After Cantonment Wreck (With Photos)

September 22, 2010

A Cantonment man is facing multiple charges following a single vehicle accident Tuesday night in Cantonment.

Curtis  Bailey, Jr., 53, of Smithfield Lane, Cantonment, was charged with driving under the influence, DUI property damage and refusal to submit to a DUI test. He was being held in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $2,500 bond early Wednesday morning.

Bailey failed to negotiate a curve on Nowak Road just east of Jacks Branch Road about 9:30 Tuesday night. His van left the roadway and traveled into a residential yard where it hit several trees.

The accident was investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol.


Pictured top: A Cantonment man was arrested for DUI following this crash on Nowak Road Tuesday night.  Pictured below: These photos show the vehicle’s path into a Nowak Road yard. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.


Comments

8 Responses to “Driver Charged With DUI After Cantonment Wreck (With Photos)”

  1. saddened on September 22nd, 2010 10:49 pm

    He will probably be able to drive again. I have seen on multiple occasions where someone is on their 4th, 5th, or 6th DUI when they end up killing an innocent person.

    I guess it takes something like that to finally stop them.

  2. Noneof on September 22nd, 2010 3:27 pm

    It’s our justice system at it’s finest, thats how!

    It’s simply a revolving door.
    I know a guy who lives a couple of house in on detroit from 29 and he
    never wears his seat belt, doesn’t have a drivers license and yet he
    is on the road almost every day.

    I know he doesn’t have a license and has a ton of tickets he hasn’t paid
    are you telling me the cops don’t know him.
    If he climbs in his truck he never puts his seat belt on. There is probable
    cause to stop him and they need to check him for drugs too.

  3. Wow on September 22nd, 2010 2:03 pm

    I just looked on the clerks website, and this makes his 3rd DUI, his second was in 1997, how do they get an opportunity to do this more than once?!?!?!

  4. whatever on September 22nd, 2010 11:41 am

    strike three for this guy… that’s why he refused the test… lock these people up before they kill someone!!!

  5. Horrific on September 22nd, 2010 7:33 am

    53 years old.
    What an example to your family and grandchildren.

  6. Horrific on September 22nd, 2010 7:30 am

    AMEN TO ALL SAID….

    It’s time to get tough with all these losers.
    They do just re-offend.
    For the ONE that learns a lesson, there are 50 who learned nothing
    even when someone dies as a result.

    I also have no use for someone who is CAUGHT DEAD WRONG…
    and the l.oser refuses a breath test.

    TAKE RESPONSIBILITY LOSER!

  7. mother on September 22nd, 2010 6:17 am

    Flordia needs to never let someone drive again when caught dui. The people that are killed does not get a secound chance. What is so sad you see these women and men get a secound chance and do it again. The bars that let the person drive after selling it to them to the point of being drunk should have their business shut down. DO the cops set out side the local bars to make sure the people does not do this. I would hope that if a accident happens the driver and passanger are both tested. People do cover for each other.

  8. Neighbor on September 22nd, 2010 6:16 am

    These people should have to stay in jail until court, lose the drivers license and the vehicle along with a big fine. If they can buy the alchohol and are stupid enough to drive then they can pay the price. This isn’t a bad decision made by a kid it’s a choice made by someone old enough to know better and obviously only cares about hisself. I live very close to the area and I have family on these roads all the time. Stay home before you kill somebody….jerk!!