Drunk Driver Hits Family In Coconut Creek, Police Release Details

BY: 24/7 CRIME DESK | BocaNewsNow.com

BROWARD COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Police in Coconut Creek want you to know that officers made an arrest in a DUI case where a mom and her two kids were struck and hospitalized. We note the Coconut Creek Police Department is sharing this information without being asked — showing the community what their officers do and the arrests they effectuate.

Here's what Coconut Creek PD shared with BocaNewsNow.com :

"A Deerfield Beach man's arrest for a DUI crash that injured a mother, and her two children, is the basis of this Coconut Creek Police Department Arrest Alert. Officers charged Angelo Carrubba, age 35, of Deerfield Beach, with DUI, DUI property damage, and drunk driving that caused a crash with injuries after a two-car crash Wednesday night (September 18) at the intersection of Lyons Road and West Hillsboro Boulevard. The mother and her children, in the car he hit, were treated and released from a local hospital. Carrubba went to the Broward County Jail."

Carrubba, according to an arrest report obtained by BocaNewsNow.com, lives in the 3900 block of NW 1st Place in Deerfield Beach. He was allegedly driving a white Lincoln Navigator at the time of the crash. Police say they "smelled a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from (Carrubba)" when the questioned him about the crash. Carrubba, according to police, refused a breath test.