A 23-year-old deaf man, who is blind in his right eye and does not speak, was arrested early Friday morning on suspicion of drunken driving after almost striking several pedestrians and hitting a curb on University Hill, according to a Boulder police report.

David Cabral was driving a 2009 silver Toyota Matrix at 2:16 a.m. Friday when Boulder police Officer Jared Moore said he saw the driver sit stopped through part of a green light. After Cabral turned onto Broadway from 16th Street, he allegedly struck the median.

When Moore approached the car, passenger Alma Sever explained that Cabral was deaf. She also added that Cabral was blind in his right eye and was from Spain. Sever said that Cabral knew how to sign and read English, according to the report.

Sever acted as a translator for Moore. In sign language, Cabral indicated that he drank two beers and two shots about one hour before he was stopped, police said.

A preliminary test showed Cabral had a 0.179 breath-alcohol content level, according to the report.

He was taken to Boulder County Jail, police said, where two more breath samples showed a 0.158 breath-alcohol content level.

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