The Brief
- An illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been charged with a DUI after striking a motorcyclist on Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
- The motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with a broken arm and a concussion.
- During questioning, Gudiel Miguel-Vasquez told deputies through a translator that he did not have a driver’s license.
MULBERRY, Fla. – Three illegal immigrants from Guatemala have been taken into custody after a drunk driving hit-and-run incident that injured a motorcyclist in Mulberry on Sunday night, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies say that 24-year-old Gudiel Miguel-Vasquez was driving a black Scion sedan near the intersection of Church Avenue North and Carter Road West when he turned into a Walmart parking lot, blew through a stop sign and slammed into the motorcyclist.
After the crash, witnesses at the scene told deputies the driver never stopped to check on the victim and continued through the parking lot with significant front-end damage.…