A 17-year old teen in North Liberty died due to driving while intoxicated. Tyler Weigand was pronounced dead at the scene last April 16 when his vehicle crashed and flipped several times, throwing him out and eventually landing him in a field at St. Joseph County.
After the St. Joseph County Police Department performed an autopsy on Weigand’s body, results on his blood alcohol test showed he had more than twice than the legal limit set for driving while intoxicated. The legal limit in the state is set at 0.08; Tyler had a 0.16 concentration of alcohol in his blood when the fatal accident happened.
On the day of Tyler’s automobile crash, he was alone in his truck and was headed eastbound on Riley Road when he lost control at the intersection in Sycamore and then crashed, according to a report from the South Bend Tribune. Witnesses say the truck took the north side of the road and rolled several times.
The crash threw Weigand out of his vehicle (he was not wearing his seatbelt) to a field, where paramedics who arrived first on the scene declared Tyler dead.
Police would later find bottles and containers of alcoholic beverages at the truck’s passenger seat which hinted that the teen was drinking while driving. Authorities are still investigating the whole incident and family and friends of Tyler are awaiting the final report.
Tags: drinking and driving, driving accidents, driving under the influence, drunk driving, DUI
