A Bartow Middle School teacher has been arrested for DUI in Winter Haven.
The sheriff's office was called to Cypress Gardens Boulevard near Helena Road around 8 p.m. Tuesday for the report of a blue pickup truck driving erratically.
A witness reported seeing the truck hit a Nissan then try to speed away. No one in the Nissan was injured.
The witness then saw the driver apparently lose control and go off the road. An arrest affidavit says the truck hit a telephone pole, crashed through a fence and hit a water main.
Deputies responded and spoke with the driver of the pickup truck, identified as 29-year-old Dyrren Barber. He was not injured in the crash.
The affidavit says the deputies smelled the odor of alcohol and noticed Barber appeared to be intoxicated. While performing field sobriety tests, deputies say Barber showed several signs of impairment.
Barber was arrested for DUI with property damage and taken to the Polk County Jail. He submitted two breath tests showing a 0.263 BAC and a 0.255 BAC, according to deputies. Both are twice the legal limit.
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