{"id":83982,"date":"2023-10-31T17:31:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=83982"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:31:50","slug":"the-challenge-star-nelson-thomas-charged-with-dwi-in-near-fatal-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/celebrities\/the-challenge-star-nelson-thomas-charged-with-dwi-in-near-fatal-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;The Challenge&#039; Star Nelson Thomas Charged With DWI in Near-Fatal Car Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1d\/4by3\/2023\/10\/31\/1d894c4fa0fc4fb3a1b7569d99228ffd_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"\"        ><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Challenge&#8221; star <strong>Nelson Thomas<\/strong> has officially been charged with DWI for his near-fatal car crash from earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3f\/4by3\/2023\/10\/31\/3fd2f58e879b4e7db7d5d6831a1ec365_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"nelson thomas hospital\"        ><\/p>\n<p>Thomas was hit with the misdemeanor charge at the end of September in Texas, according to docs obtained by TMZ &#8230; and officers said he had &#8220;bloodshot, glassy eyes&#8221; as he explained to them that another car had swerved in front of him before the crash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/47\/4by3\/2023\/10\/31\/4762107d999946a483120adce440bc7d_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"Nelson Thomas\"        ><\/p>\n<p>The docs say Thomas told cops he &#8220;only had 2-3 mixed alcoholic drinks,&#8221; but officers claimed Thomas had a &#8220;strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath&#8221; while being treated for injuries at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/73\/4by3\/2023\/10\/31\/734f64c41bef412eb47584c321724ff5_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"\"        ><\/p>\n<p>Cops say a blood test done while at the hospital came back with a BAC of .178 &#8212; which kicked up his charge to Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2c\/16by9\/2023\/03\/14\/2cbd5892a5454c8f8f6caa949240b945_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p>As we reported, Minnesota Vikings receiver <strong>K.J. 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Thomas <strong>later thanked K.J.<\/strong> for the heroic assist.<\/p>\n<p>He also shared some pics of himself from the hospital, showing gnarly cuts and burns on his body &#8230; and his GoFundMe was met with a ton of love and cash from fans and fellow reality TV stars like <strong>Corey Lay<\/strong>, <strong>Mark Long<\/strong>, and <strong>Tori Deal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/31\/the-challenge-star-nelson-thomas-charged-dwi-car-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Challenge&#8221; star Nelson Thomas has officially been charged with DWI for his near-fatal car crash from earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3590],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;The Challenge&#039; 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