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Evansville Police have arrested 22 year old TRAVIS COX on multiple charges after he fled the scene of an accident on Wednesday night.
Police were called to the area of Tropicana on Riverside Dr around 8:30pm for a report of a pedestrian being hit by a truck. The driver of the truck, COX, left the roadway and drove onto the Greenway Passage and struck the pedestrian. COX never stopped after hitting the pedestrian and fled eastbound. He struck several small trees and a light pole on the Tropicana property before he continued fleeing on Riverside Dr.
The pedestrian, 47 year old Conrad DeJesus, was taken to a local hospital with life threatening injuries.
A witness followed COX and saw him drive through a road closed barricade on Waterworks Rd near Marina Point. Officers located COX in the Ohio River floodwaters and took him into to custody. COX appeared to be intoxicated.
COX was uncooperative with officers and refused to submit to any testing to determine his impairment. After obtaining a warrant, officers determined COX had a blood alcohol level of .27%, over three times the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle.
COX is in the Vanderburgh County Jail on the following charges:
Criminal Recklessness/ Aggressive Driving
OMVWI with Serious Bodily Injury .274BAC
OMVWI Refusal to submit to test
Hit and Run with Serious Bodily Injury
Aggressive Driving at an Unreasonable Speed
There is not an arrest photo for COX at this time
