[tense music]
- [Narrator] From public embarrassment...
- [Officer] Is there any crack in the car?
- Not that I know of.
- If you lie to me--
- [Narrator] To running down pedestrians.
Come on, come on, kid! Come on!
- [Narrator] Operating a vehicle
while under the influence never...
- How much have you had to drink tonight?
Hello? [snaps]
- [Narrator] Ever...
- [Narrator] Ends well.
- [Narrator] Here are the top 10 most shocking
intoxicated drivers of Road Wars.
[intense music]
- [Narrator] Kicking off our countdown at number 10,
if you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.
On a highway in Minnesota,
a traffic cam records as vehicles move along smoothly,
when suddenly...
[car crashing]
[tires screeching]
[truck slamming]
[flames crackling]
[tape rewinding]
A white sedan traveling at a high speed
overshoots the on-ramp,
barreling straight into a box truck,
[truck crashing] [tires screeching]
which then careens into a concrete wall,
[truck slamming]
and bursts into flames.
[flames crackling]
As what appears to be the truck's fuel
spreads out around it, the driver's side door opens.
But the thick smoke and growing inferno just outside
force the driver to retreat back into his cabin.
Then, finally,
the driver emerges from the passenger side.
The driver is later convicted
of third-degree driving while impaired.
When people say, "At a certain age, you should know better,"
this is what they mean.
In at number nine, midlife crisis.
In Phoenix, Arizona, a terrifying example
of how exiting one's vehicle to confront another driver
[horn honking]
could have devastating results.
[cars thudding]
[horn honking]
[tape rewinding]
According to a witness,
the driver of this car, in the white shirt,
and the driver of the car who just rear-ended his vehicle
began fighting after one supposedly called out the other
for alleged reckless driving, which led to this.
[tires squealing]
[glass shattering]
[dog barking] [person yelling indistinctly]
And it gets even more chaotic.
[tape rewinding]
When the dog of the man in the white shirt,
which presumably escaped when he first exited his vehicle,
runs into traffic.
[dog barking] [person yelling indistinctly]
Because it gives the other driver
a prime opportunity to do this.
[tires squealing]
- [Spectator] Oh!
- [Recorder] Oh, (bleep).
[tape rewinding]
- [Narrator] The driver in the black sedan
plows directly into the man,
sending him head over heels and onto the pavement.
Incredibly, according to news reports,
he is not seriously injured.
The driver of the black sedan
then reportedly hits two other vehicles
before finally being arrested.
According to reports,
40-year-old David Shelton faces multiple charges,
including aggravated assault and aggravated DUI.
When you've had too much to drink,
sleeping it off at a red light is never a good idea.
At number eight, community disservice.
- [Officer] 31, white Jeep.
- [Narrator] Just outside Detroit,
an officer pulls up on a vehicle stopped at an intersection.
The driver appears to be unconscious.
- [Narrator] Concerned that the car could take off
at any moment...
- [Officer] Kill your lights.
- [Narrator] Another officer arrives
to block the sleeping driver's car,
and just in time.
- Whoa! [tires squealing]
- [Narrator] Unable to get through to the woman,
the officers take an alternate route.
And about a minute later...
- Hey!
- Unlock it.
- [Narrator] The car is turned off.
- There we go. - Ooh, hello, hello.
- [Officer] Hey, it's the Police Department.
- [Narrator] The woman now seems alert enough
to step out of the vehicle on her own.
- Checking out the seats.
I think you guys are like, (bleep),
you know what I'm sayin'?
- [Narrator] So the officers...
- [Officer] Just relax for a second.
- [Narrator] Get down to business.
- [Narrator] Suffice to say,
the officer she refers to does not come to her aid.
- Are you refusing to take my test?
- Yup!
- [Narrator] The woman allegedly refuses a breathalyzer
and is taken into custody.
- ...behind your back for me, you're under arrest for a DWI.
- I'm under arrest?
- [Narrator] Amanda Carravallah
is charged with driving while visibly impaired.
In lieu of jail time,
she serves six days of community service
and is sentenced to pay...
- Alright, we can head on back this way, okay?
- Okay.
- [Narrator] $1,860,
along with 12 months of probation.
- Whoa! [tires squealing]
Wake up!
- [Narrator] Driving hammered will get you nailed.
At number seven,
a seriously impaired driver misses the mark.
In California.
According to Regina Jones, the woman who's filming,
the car ahead has been causing some concern.
- I'm in the car with my husband and my daughter,
and we see this car in front of us driving erratically.
My husband said, "Hey, start recording this!"
Because we could feel that something was gonna happen.
- [Narrator] And just moments later,
it turns out their intuition is spot on.
[car smashing]
- [Regina] Babe, you gotta help 'em.
You gotta get out and help 'em.
- [Husband] The tow truck--
- [Regina] We gotta get out and help 'em!
[tense music]
- [Narrator] The crashed car now lies on its side.
- [Regina] He's tryna get out.
- He's yelling help!
- Right away, we hear this guy,
and he's tryin' to push his way outta the top of the car.
- [Driver] Help!
- [Narrator] Which prompts Regina and her family
and other good samaritans
to do whatever they can to free the man.
- Here, here.
Break it, break it. [glass shattering]
Watch your face, watch your face!
Cover your face! [glass shattering]
[people chattering]
- [Narrator] The driver is finally pulled out of the wreck
through the windshield.
- [Narrator] According to the case summary, the driver
is ultimately convicted of driving under the influence.
- [Driver] [bleep]!
He is sentenced to three years of probation,
and three months
of alcohol and other drug education and counseling.
It's difficult to take accountability,
especially when you're held to a higher standard.
At number six, politically incorrect.
In Cranston, Rhode Island,
alerted to a driver passed out in his car,
an officer rouses the man, who wakes up almost immediately.
The man claims to have been napping
and appears to be cooperative.
But the officer spotted something when waking the man
that makes him suspicious.
[tape rewinding]
The man appears to be holding
some kind of drug paraphernalia in his left hand.
So the officer conducts a search.
- I'm just gonna pat you down. - Yeah, sure.
- Just interlock your fingers.
- Mm-hmm. - Interlock your fingers.
Do you have any weapons on you? - No, not at all.
- [Narrator] Moments later,
when the officer checks the man's ID,
he is taken completely off guard.
- Oh, no way dude, really?
- Yes, [laughing] yes.
I was just on my way back from court. [laughing]
- [Narrator] He is a local city councilman.
Perhaps realizing
there is no easy way out of this situation,
the councilman appears to come clean.
- How long have you had this problem then?
- It was a relapse. I've been clean for 13 years.
- Alright.
- I just went through a really, really bad divorce recently.
- [Officer] Is there any crack in the car?
- Not that I know of.
- That's definitely crack.
- [Officer] Yeah.
Yeah, most likely.
- Yeah, you could smell it, and he's burnin' up.
- [Narrator] The councilman
is immediately placed under arrest.
- Alright.
- [Narrator] According to the arrest report, Matt Reilly
is charged with one count of a Schedule II narcotic
and is released on his own recognizance,
and according to news reports,
resigns from the Cranston City Council.
The case is still ongoing.
We're halfway through the top 10
most shocking intoxicated drivers of Road Wars.
As we've seen,
getting behind the wheel while under the influence
is risky business.
Landing at number five, over the limit and under arrest.
Just north of Vancouver, Washington,
a couple records a minivan
that has been swerving on and off the shoulder.
- [Driver] Hit and run, northbound Portland, 205.
She's about to (bleep) kill herself.
I can't go do what I need to do
'cause I gotta watch the horrible horribleness happen.
Hopefully, she don't hurt herself or someone else.
This is crazy.
Oh, it's gonna happen.
Oh no! - [gasping] Oh my God!
- (bleep) no!
- [Passenger] (bleep).
- [Driver] No! - [Passenger] Oh my God.
- [Driver] No!
- [Passenger] Stop, you have to stop.
- (bleep).
- [Narrator] The motorists with the camera stop recording
to help extricate the driver and wait for the authorities.
According to reports,
the two occupants of the truck that was hit,
incredibly, escaped serious injury.
The driver of the overturned minivan
is transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition.
The 61-year-old driver eventually recovers,
and according to the court report, is charged with a DUI
after a blood test reveals
she was three times the legal limit.
- [Narrator] Assault with a dangerous weapon
is a serious offense,
especially when that dangerous weapon is your car.
At number four, parking lot payback.
In Michigan.
[truck crashing] [victim screaming]
According to the owner of the car that was just hit,
this pickup driver is deliberately targeting
their vehicle in a grocery store parking lot.
- [Narrator] For no apparent reason.
[truck crashing] [horn wailing]
[tense music]
The truck remains in this position for nearly a minute
before finally pulling away
and coming back one more time.
[truck crashing]
- [Recorder] (bleep).
[people yelling]
- [Narrator] The truck's driver then heads to the exit,
where he reportedly rams into a police cruiser
responding to the scene.
[tape rewinding]
He's pursued by a second officer for four miles
before he is finally stopped,
and after receiving medical treatment, arrested.
The 53-year-old driver pleads guilty
to three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon,
[truck crashing] [victim screaming]
one count of fleeing from a police officer,
and one count of operating while intoxicated.
[engine revving] [horn wailing]
This is a good reason
why everyone could use a defensive driving course.
In at number three, a rear-ender bender.
In Olympia, Washington, a truck's dash cam
captures the normal flow of traffic on a freeway,
when a fast-moving car in the left lane
hits the brakes to avoid hitting the car in front of it,
which then leads to this.
[bike thudding]
[tape rewinding]
As the motorcyclist
comes up behind the car that suddenly braked,
[tires squealing] [bike thudding]
he slams into its rear, throwing him onto the trunk.
The biker balances on the spoiler,
and with his free hand, bangs on the rear windshield,
hanging on for 1/4 of a mile
before the driver finally notices him
and comes to a complete stop in the left lane.
The motorcyclist
appears visibly upset with the driver of the car,
and it turns out, rightfully so.
According to police, the driver is found to be intoxicated
and driving without a license.
Fortunately for both men, the biker landed on the car,
[tires squealing] [bike thudding]
and not under another one.
- [Narrator] We're counting down the top 10
most shocking intoxicated drivers of Road Wars.
[horn wailing] [truck crashing]
Landing at number two,
a driver who gives hit and run a whole new meaning.
- [Narrator] A motorist in Sterling, Virginia
is monitoring a police scanner app,
when a report of a hit and run comes in.
- [Narrator] And as the driver waits at a stoplight,
lo and behold,
a blue car that appears to fit the police description
slowly rolls by.
So the driver decides to follow it
to a nearby apartment complex.
- [Recorder] What happened, dude?
- Hello. I got into an accident.
- [Recorder] What'd you do?
Did you just rear-end somebody?
- I mean, it's a pretty bad day.
- [Recorder] Yeah man, it sucks.
You know the cops are lookin' for you, right?
- Yeah.
- [Recorder] Are you high right now or somethin'?
- Yeah.
- [Recorder] Yeah, dude. Yeah, you better be careful.
- [Narrator] Though it's not exactly clear
what the would-be deputy's intent is...
- [Recorder] They're gonna arrest you
if they catch you, so.
- I'm gonna stay here until they do.
- Yeah. - I'm not running.
- [Recorder] Yeah, I mean, you already ran though,
so you're (bleep).
- It was just around the corner.
Regardless, I ran, you're right.
- [Narrator] It's certainly not to offer any comfort.
- [Recorder] Did you call them? - Yeah.
- [Recorder] Oh, you called the cops?
- Yeah.
- [Recorder] Yeah dude, you're screwed.
- [Narrator] When the police arrive, the driver is arrested
and eventually found guilty of driving while intoxicated
and failure to stop after an accident.
We've finally reached the end of our countdown.
What you are about to see is our last visual warning
to anyone contemplating driving under the influence.
Brace yourselves, here is the number one
intoxicated driver of Road Wars.
In New York, a security camera records an intersection
as a woman carrying a child crosses the street.
When suddenly... [tires squealing]
[car thudding]
[glass shattering]
As the officer makes his way through the chaos,
the driver who allegedly caused the wreck appears.
- [Narrator] The officer will need to speak with him later
because the baby's father, who's now in the barber shop,
delivers terrifying news.
(indistinct) expedite, we got a baby under the vehicle.
Come on, come on, kid! Come on!
- [Narrator] The officers and a few others
immediately attempt to lift the car.
- Come on. [grunting]
- [Narrator] And when they do, they spot the baby.
- [Officer] Grab the baby.
- [Narrator] Who appears to be conscious.
- [Officer] Come on, come on!
- [Narrator] So one of the officers
reaches beneath the vehicle...
- [Narrator] And pulls her out.
- Come outside, come outside!
- Alright, how about... [people chattering]
Is this your baby?
- Thank you. - Okay, good.
- [Narrator] Moments later, more first responders arrive.
- There's nobody else under the car, right?
- No, there was only two.
- Okay, okay. - She was on top of the car.
- [Narrator] And finally remove the mother from the wreck.
[radio chatter]
Both she and her child are rushed to a nearby hospital.
The mother is reportedly treated for a fractured femur,
and her young daughter sustained severe burns
and a fractured skull.
[baby crying]
- [Narrator] The driver responsible
for the horrific accident is 43-year-old David Poncurak.
He pleads guilty to numerous charges,
including aggravated vehicular assault, which is a felony,
and driving while intoxicated,
and will serve up to seven and 1/2 years in prison.
Four months after the accident, the mother and daughter
are reunited with the officers who rescued them.
At the time of airing,
police say the family is on the road to recovery
and are thriving,
thanks to the support of friends and family.