Soap opera actor charged with DUI after crash

Freddie Smith lost control of his car on a curve in Ashtabula County on October 7

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Soap opera actor Freddie Smith has been charged with felony vehicular assault and misdemeanour driving under the influence after a single-vehicle crash that injured his girlfriend in northeast Ohio.

The 26-year-old Days of Our Lives actor lost control of his car on a curve in Ashtabula County on October 7 and ended up in a culvert, causing his car to flip over.

Authorities say Smith, who was visiting his Ohio hometown, was legally drunk at the time of the accident, with a blood-alcohol level of .093. The legal limit in Ohio is .08.

Twenty-seven-year-old actress Alyssa Tabit of North Hollywood, California, was trapped in the car and was seriously hurt. She is recovering. Smith suffered minor injuries.

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