September 22, 2016 - Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers were dispatched to a one-vehicle crash on State Highway 87 South just outside of Shelbyville on Saturday, September 17, 2016.
When troopers arrived, the vehicle was in the Double J's parking lot. During the crash investigation Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Dustin Ramos performed a sobriety test on the driver and subsequently arrested him at the scene.
According to Trooper Ramos, at 9:56pm Cedric Peoples, 36, of Center was northbound on State Highway 87 South in a blue 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass while under the influence of alcohol. Peoples failed to drive in a single lane and struck a metal guardrail with the right back quarter of the Cutlass causing damage. He stated the vehicle has a defective rear tire.
Peoples was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated - 1st offense.
Assisting Trooper Ramos at the scene was Trooper Cpl. Jimmy Faulkner.
