JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office shared new video of a drunk driver plowing through the Ironman Jacksonville race course on May 16, leading to his arrest on multiple felony charges and misdemeanors. <\/p>\n
Darrell Simon, 62, was taken into custody after Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office officers used a PIT maneuver to stop his vehicle.<\/p>\n
The incident marks Simon\u2019s third DUI arrest in the past 10 years. <\/p>\n
[DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Officer Ernesto Valerio, with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office Specialized Traffic Unit, was blocking traffic for the Ironman athletes completing their 26.2-mile run when he heard on the radio about a driver moving through the bike and run courses, putting lives at risk.<\/p>\n Officer Valerio attempted several times to pull the driver over. His dash camera recorded the driver moving through the race course, nearly hitting athletes.<\/p>\n Motor Unit Officer Aaron Sanchez attempted to stop the car with his motorcycle, an action the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office stated put his own life in danger.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Officer Valerio was eventually able to stop the car using a PIT maneuver at the intersection of Riverside Park Place and Park Street. Other nearby officers assisted in Simon\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n Watch the full video below:<\/p>\n JSO says this incident could have caused a tragedy, and they are grateful that the officer\u2019s quick actions stopped anyone from getting hurt or possibly killed.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office shared new video of a drunk driver plowing through the Ironman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,117770,28,348,117771,116,351,118,117,349,6334,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-302267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-d-u-i-arrest","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-ironman-jacksonville-race","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-reckless-driving","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302267","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=302267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}