{"id":261577,"date":"2026-05-07T03:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261577\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T03:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T03:50:08","slug":"university-of-miami-shuttle-bus-driver-accused-of-dui-slurs-words-in-police-bodycam-footage-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/261577\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Miami shuttle bus driver accused of DUI slurs words in police bodycam footage \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Body-worn camera video and a 911 call are shedding new light on the arrest of a University of Miami shuttle bus driver accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/university-of-miami-bus-driver-arrested-after-dui-crash-police\/3768007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">driving under the influence<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The newly released police body camera video from February shows Coral Gables officers arriving moments after the shuttle bus crashed on U.S. 1 following reports from students that the driver was swerving and acting erratically.<\/p>\n<p>Students on board told dispatch the bus had struck objects and that the driver appeared impaired as the vehicle continued along the route.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVideo shows students confronting the driver of a University of Miami shuttle bus after he crashed in Coral Gables. He was later arrested for DUI. NBC6&#8217;s Ari Odzer reports\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bus driver is under the influence,&#8221; a caller tells a dispatcher. &#8220;He crashed a few times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The driver, identified as 45-year-old Timothy Kowalewski, showed signs of impairment, including slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, and admitted to drinking earlier in the day, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The bodycam footage shows Kowalewski slurring his words as he tries to talk to a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>According to the arrest report, Kowalewski refused field sobriety exercises and later declined a breath test. He was arrested on DUI-related charges, including DUI with property damage.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Miami released a statement when this happened, stating that their students, faculty and staff remain their top priority while the crash is under investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Body-worn camera video and a 911 call are shedding new light on the arrest of a University of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1009,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-261577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-caught-on-camera","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}