DALLAS — A suspected drunken driver caused a multi-vehicle crash in Uptown Dallas that left a woman dead and two other people injured Sunday, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

According to the affidavit, Preston Petty, 26, was driving a Tesla southbound in the 2900 block of Cedar Springs Road near Turtle Creek Boulevard at high speeds shortly after 5 p.m. Nov. 30 when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove up and off the roadway onto grass, according to the affidavit.

While off the roadway, Petty allegedly hit "2 or 3 trees, causing each one to snap at the base, then a pedestrian crosswalk pole, knocking that to the ground," the affidavit states.

Petty then started to cross over the eastbound lanes on Turtle Creek Boulevard and hit the center median curb, causing his car to

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