A man who fled police at 80 mph in Daytona Beach Shores was still well over the alcohol limit hours after he crashed his car Thurday, police said.An officer spotted the vehicle on A1A, driving on two flat tires with sparks flying.Watch this reportWhen the officer tried to stop the motorist, the motorist, identified as 41-year-old Jason Smith, made a U-turn and raced away, police said.He hit a light pole and some decorative landscaping and then skidded across the road into pilings.Officers approached Smith, then brought him to the hospital to be checked out.He was OK, but on his return to the police station, investigators said it quickly became clear he was an impaired driver."It had been about four hours since the crash, and he still failed field sobriety exercises, and then blew two-and-a-half times the legal limit," said Daytona Beach Shores Lt. Mike Fowler.Back in April, in the exact same spot, a driver died in a fiery collision caught on dashcam video.Top video: Dog jumps out of moving car, onto bridge, into lakePolice think he was going at least 110 mph hour when he lost control and went 13 feet into the air.The vehicle exploded in flames.In June, just one condominium complex away, a motorist wound up with his car 10 feet up against a tree.There is an S-curve along the stretch of A1A, but police say it's perfectly negotiable when drivers are not impaired or speeding.Related: Florida mug shots

A man who fled police at 80 mph in Daytona Beach Shores was still well over the alcohol limit hours after he crashed his car Thurday, police said.

An officer spotted the vehicle on A1A, driving on two flat tires with sparks flying.


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When the officer tried to stop the motorist, the motorist, identified as 41-year-old Jason Smith, made a U-turn and raced away, police said.

He hit a light pole and some decorative landscaping and then skidded across the road into pilings.

Officers approached Smith, then brought him to the hospital to be checked out.

He was OK, but on his return to the police station, investigators said it quickly became clear he was an impaired driver.

"It had been about four hours since the crash, and he still failed field sobriety exercises, and then blew two-and-a-half times the legal limit," said Daytona Beach Shores Lt. Mike Fowler.

Back in April, in the exact same spot, a driver died in a fiery collision caught on dashcam video.

Top video: Dog jumps out of moving car, onto bridge, into lake

Police think he was going at least 110 mph hour when he lost control and went 13 feet into the air.

The vehicle exploded in flames.

In June, just one condominium complex away, a motorist wound up with his car 10 feet up against a tree.

There is an S-curve along the stretch of A1A, but police say it's perfectly negotiable when drivers are not impaired or speeding.

Related: Florida mug shots