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Escambia Man Charged With DUI After Crash
September 16, 2013
An Escambia County man was charged with DUI after a Sunday night wreck on the Scenic Highway overpass above I-10.
About 8 p.m., the Florida Highway Patrol said 47-year old Bradley Wolf of Pensacola was northbound on Scenic Highway in a 2001 Ford Expedition when he veered across the center line into southbound traffic and into the path of a southbound Dodge Neon driven by 18-year old Alexandra O’Brien of Pensacola.
O’Brien and her passenger, 18-year old Jaclyn Lynch of Pensacola, were transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in critical condition. Wolf received only minor injuries.
Wold was charged with DUI serious bodily harm, DUI property damage, careless driving, no proof of insurance and failure to display registration, according to the FHP.
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14 Responses to “Escambia Man Charged With DUI After Crash”
Reading some of the comments on how a judge and jury will weigh the facts…here’s a fact, his intent was to go out and drink till he got his fill, he also had the intention of getting behind the wheel and driving. The result of these intentional acts was that he harmed someone with a vehicle. He intended to drink and drive wth the result being intentional bodily harm…put him in prison, no more alcohol…
I have a daughter who is also 18 and spells her first name just a little different than your sister. Please consider the Post by Coe in getting specific support for something as tragic and seemingly senseless as this. My prayers our with your family. Thank you for posting.
@henry Coe thank you, but is 100% ok for us to be angry. There are several stages of grief and we are in the first step. We as a family are smart, strong and have faith. At the immediate moment the focus is to get my sister well.
I too have seen people’s lives destroyed by using alcohol. My prayers go out to all who are affected by this.
@Ashley Vlastaris Condolences to you and yours for the long road of recovery ahead. Life altering injuries any way you get one, change everything.
As far as getting “justice” or “revenge”, the courts tend to not consider how people “feel” about what happened as much as they consider the “intent” of the person on trial. Odds are, this drunk, had zero intent on causing anyone any harm or any intent for wrecking his vehicle.
I hope the guy has money so you can get a good civil suit, but so you are less disappointed, you might lower your expectations in regard to what will happen in court.
Whether this guy has a stroke and dies this week or wins the lottery and lives happily ever after, neither would change his lack of intent over what happened, that he might not even remember. It also would not change the physical & mental challenges your sister and her friend and you will be living with from here on out.
It isn’t fair and nothing will make it ok, to include your anger and resentments.
I say that so you might consider that “hate & anger” take up a bunch of energy and are very distracting and hard to live with, but PTSD can be a real product of an accident like this, for you as well as your sister and her friend.
It would be wise to find someone that is trained in counseling to talk to at some point along the way. Especially for yourself and other family members if you are going to be caretakers for your sister. Best wishes. <3
Alexandra is my sister. I am absolutley heartbroken for her and her friend Jaclyn. The fact that this man is out on a $5,000 bond disgusts me. I don’t care if he is a first time offender. My sisters life will never be the same after what this low life did to her. Our family is devastated. We will make sure he pays dearly for what he did to our precious girl, and Jaclyn.
There needs to be a change in DUI Laws so that First Offenders spend Jail Time…Mandatory…with no option of the Judge to suspend the time. If just a DUI, then 15 days. If there is injuries to another party…it starts at 6 months and goes up with the level of the injuries. If someone dies, then it should be 10 years minimum, or maybe more. The time should also be set by the BAC…If first offender and between 0.09-.11 for instance…15 days…. if at .12 – .15 then 30 days and etc. Maybe if there was some actual teeth in the law some of it would stop!
My prayers to the family involved. I work with one of the girls grandmother and I have seen what she has gone through all day worrying about her family. I agree that drunk driving should have a higher punishment in ALL states. It has ruined too many lives! God Bless the family and may the biggest blessing be found through all tragedy!
This DRUG that is so socially acceptable has ruined and destroyed so many lives. Any DUI that results in a car crash should immediately carry the charge of attempted premeditated vehicular homicide. The drunks are going to drink, the drunks are going to drive, the drunks dont care about anyone but themselves. Should be mandatory prison time. All of you that belly up to the bar are a scourge on society…
Sad to say but the Sheriffs Office Policy say they can’t pursue drivers for DUI. Their hands are tied.
@pm, I get the emotion behind what you are saying. Personally, I can’t stand being around drunks and I don’t like myself when I drink so It has been years and years since I’ve drank.
That being said, if this drunk was drinking at a bar, too blame the bartender or the bar is to suggest that people are not 100% responsible for their own choices & their actions. Then the question becomes how much of this accident is the driver responsible for and what percent is the bar/bartender responsible for. Then, the guy might not have drank at all if it hadn’t of been because of alcohol advertisements at gas stations, grocery stores and billboards, so that means those businesses and their advertising are also partly responsible.
This guy, drunk or not, coming from a bar or not, is responsible for his own choices and the consequences of those choices. IMO
I agree with both of the above, but the drunk needs to be the one to pay the price for his actions. He might have bought a 6 pack after work, and not have gone to a bar. I don’t drink, and would never get in a car with someone that has been drinking. We as a county (Escambia) or we as a state(Florida) need to set up strick punishment and hold them to it. No time off or early release for good behaviour. Make the time for the crime mean something and not a slap on the hand. Make them work in a morgue or emergency room and see first hand what drinking and driving can do to them and the innocent. We can’t stop people from drinking, but we can make them not be able to drink and drive again. LOCK THEM UP !
If proven, this person should be horsewhipped – 2 young girls badly injured because he thinks of no one except himself – He may as well have had a loaded gun and taken pot shots of other drivers on the road. This needs to be stopped – maybe more pro-active LEO’s and if proven bars and bartenders need to be prosecuted.
this really angers me. Both of the young ladies who were hit by this drunken fool were taken to the hospital in critical condition while he only gets minor injuries. DUI, careless driving, no proof of insurance AND failure to display registration. Sadly enough ALL of these things he’s charged with are easily avoidable but virtually impossible to police by our LEO’s who are tasked to the limit every day as it is. I hope he pays dearly for this CRIME and the young ladies recover completely from the accident. Judges can help solve this……..