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Soap opera actor charged with vehicular assault, DUI after car crash in northeast Ohio

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FILE - In this June 13, 2013 file photo, actor Freddie Smith arrives at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards nominee reception in Beverly Hills, Calif. Authorities say Smith\'s blood-alcohol level was over the legal limit when he crashed his vehicle in northeast Ohio last month. Smith sustained minor injuries in the Oct. 7 crash near Ashtabula, which is about 55 miles northeast of Cleveland. The State Highway Patrol says the 26-year-old Smith failed to negotiate a curve and drove into a culvert, flipping the car. The patrol confirms that Smith\'s blood-alcohol level was .093 at the time of the crash. The legal limit in Ohio is .08. (Photo by Scott Kirkland/Invision/AP, File)

JEFFERSON, Ohio – 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 (ash-tuh-BYOO’-luh) County on Oct. 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.

Smith’s attorney declined to comment.

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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