UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A driver accused of driving while impaired and leaving the scene of a rollover crash was found hiding in a coat closet at a nearby home in Union County, according to deputies.
Deputies responded to a crash on Deer Track Lane after a vehicle ran off the road, struck a ditch, crossed a driveway, and overturned onto nearby property. When they arrived, the driver was gone.
During the investigation, deputies identified the driver as Daniel Gomez Espinoza and found items that led them to a nearby home. There, they found Espinoza hiding in a coat closet, according to the report.
Espinoza was arrested and taken to jail. He faces charges of driving while impaired, hit-and-run, failure to report an accident, reckless driving to endanger, driving without an operator’s license, failure to wear a seat belt, and failure to maintain lane control.
He was given a $5,000 secured bond and remained in custody, according to deputies.
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