Welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr., released from the hospital, faces a charge of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated stemming from his spectacular single-car accident last week, Dallas Police confirmed to Omnisport on Thursday.
Spence, the IBF and WBC title-holder Spence, was injured in the early hours of Oct. 10 in a rollover accident in a Ferrari and was hospitalized in an intensive-care unit after he was ejected from the vehicle.
Police said they would not be releasing an official speed the Ferrari was traveling at the time of the crash because it was a single-vehicle accident.
Spence, 29, was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash, caught on video by a nearby security camera.
Here is a slowed down video of the Errol Spence Jr crash that shows his Ferrari flipping multiple times. Amazing to hear he survived with broken teeth and injuries he is expected to recover from pic.twitter.com/y7dKo40N9u
— J.D. Miles (@jdmiles11) October 10, 2019
"Errol Spence Jr. was charged with DWI, misdemeanor B," a statement from Dallas Police to Omnisport reads.
"Mr. Spence has been released from the hospital and will need to address those charges.
"As for getting a speed of the vehicle, we will not be getting one. It was a single car accident with no other criminal charges. Therefore, [there is] no reason to get a warrant to pull the CDR (black box) of the vehicle."
Spence in September defeated fellow American Shawn Porter in a welterweight unification bout, improving his record to 26-0.