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Bodycam Shows DUI Arrest After Jeep Hits 3-Year-Old on Daytona Beach

Newly released bodycam footage with an arrest affidavit details the evidence in the DUI case.

Overview

  • The crash, which deputies said happened Saturday near the University Boulevard beach access, sent the boy to Halifax Health with a concussion and a hairline C‑spine fracture before he was released.
  • Witness accounts and a photo of empty beer cans led deputies to a DUI probe, and they arrested 36-year-old Brock Winkler on charges of DUI with serious bodily injury and refusal to submit to testing.
  • The body-worn camera video released Monday, along with the affidavit, describes shifting behavior by Winkler and notes he began chewing gum as deputies investigated.
  • Deputies determined the collision occurred after the child ran into the traffic lane on the beach, and records show no citation was issued for the crash itself.
  • Winkler remains jailed in Volusia County, and he told deputies he was on pretrial release in an unrelated Polk County burglary case.