28-year-old Edward E. Bullock would require the expertise of a drunk driving attorney following his arrest by the Springfield Police Department on Monday, June 15th. The suspect, while intoxicated, caused an accident that killed one of his passengers in Springfield, Illinois.
The accident report revealed that the man was driving a Ford Mustang on the 2700-block of Fox Bridge Road next to Bunn Park early on Monday morning. The SPD and Springfield Fire arrived at the scene at about 12:22 a.m. after receiving a call about the incident. Lt. Sara Pickford said that Bullock lost control of the car, struck a tree, and rolled over.
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Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, disclosed that a passenger in the Mustang, 29-year-old Chaz Tribbet, died at the scene from injuries sustained in the accident. The victim was sitting on the back-passenger seat behind the driver. The fire department also extricated one person from the car, and two injured occupants received treatment at Memorial Medical Center.
The SPD determined that Bullock was under the influence at the time of the crash and took him into custody on suspicion of DUI. He remains in jail and will appear in court on Wednesday, August 12th. The accident remains under investigation, and an autopsy into Tribbet’s cause of death will take place on Tuesday, June 16th.
Under Illinois law, a driver must not have up to or above .08 blood alcohol content when driving. Anyone who is intoxicated should avoid being on the road or seek alternative means of transportation.
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