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Authorities Arrest Luis Perez After Alleged DUI Accident in St. Petersburg, FL Injures Alex Galindo

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St. Petersburg, FL — Last night, Thursday, May 14, 2015, a man on a motorcycle had to be taken to a hospital after a suspected drunk driver crashed their truck into him and dragged him nearly 10 blocks. Police identified the motorcyclist who was injured as Alex Galindo, 37, and the suspected drunk driver as Luis Perez, 54 years old. They said that this accident started out as a hit-and-run along 30th Avenue, near the intersection with 34th. It happened at about 9:00 p.m. on Thursday night, the news reports said.

Perez had been driving his Chevy truck that night when he somehow managed to reverse into a Hyundai along 30th Avenue that was trying to make a left turn. That driver, 48-year old Kevin Osterhout, was not injured but Perez sped away from the scene instead of stopping.

As he was fleeing, Perez accidentally crashed into Alex Galindo’s Suzuki motorcycle, trapping him underneath the front of his truck. Police said that Luis Perez fled for another 10 blocks or so until he got to 49th Street.

There, cops were able to stop him and free Galindo, who was immediately rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Perez, on the other hand, wasn’t harmed but was suspected of being under the influence. He has since been charged with multiple offenses, including DUI causing seriously bodily injury.

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