UTAH COUNTY, Utah, March 24, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — An alleged DUI driver from Pleasant Grove is facing a felony charge after a woman he is charged with hitting was left in a coma.
A probable cause statement from Utah County said Patrick Anthony Nelson, 44, is facing a charge of DUI with serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony.
On Monday, officials responded to an injury crash on southbound Interstate 15 at mile post 267 near Provo.
After taking a field sobriety test, Nelson was booked into Utah County Jail. Later that afternoon, officials received information that one of the victims in the crash sustained injuries to her brain that are life-threatening.
Nelson had been initially charged with a class A misdemeanor, which was then enhanced to a third-degree felony.
The suspect has a long history of arrest in Utah County, dating back to 1995.
