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Thursday, December 17, 2015

Man Charged For Highway Marriage Proposal

Those wedding plans might be a bit backed up now.



The Houston man who earned a whole lot of road rage and worse yet, Internet rage for halting highway traffic with his marriage proposal now has misdemeanor charges for his gridlock gesture.

Vidal Valladares Navas, 24, clearly drove his girlfriend wild by dropping to his knee and proposing on I-45 Sunday, as seen in a viral video of the stunt.

Motorists, however, were not so moved — Valladres’ big question stopped cars for about 35 seconds on one of the state’s busiest highways.

Valladres posted his proposal video on Instagram, writing in a now-deleted post: “When you shut down one of the biggest and busiest freeways in the entire country (I45) and you ask your girl if she wants to marry u, That moment is priceless.”

But someone who posted the video on YouTube, bringing it to national attention, had a different view, titling it: “Idiot Shuts Down a Major Highway for Marriage Proposal.”

Turns out police weren’t so happy either, charging him with obstruction of highway. If convicted, the roadside romantic faces up to six months in jail.

Valladres told the Houston Chronicle he tricked his would-be fiancée, Michelle Wycoff, into thinking they were driving to a party — but had some friends and family following close behind, who halted cars when the time came. He said the I-45 is a special spot because they went on a romantic motorcycle ride there on their second date.

“I never really thought about causing an accident,” he said. “I thought about my girlfriend.”
His charge comes after police initially said he would face no punishment, since the situation cleared before cops could come.

“While we're happy for the couple, this is not something we would want to encourage anyone to do,” police said before pursuing charges.

“People could have lost their lives stopping on the freeway like that.”

A police spokeswoman later told the Chronicle the proposal was “illegal” and “incredibly unsafe.”
After the charges, Valladres told KTRK, “I just wanted to do something different.”

Valladres and Wycoff did not return requests for comment from the Daily News.

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