"He had no idea he even crashed into the 18-wheeler a police officer told NBC 5 DFW. It's bad enough the section of road is all under construction and with lanes twisting and turning it's hard to drive on.
A Dallas Cowboys player was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving in Grapevine, Texas, on Monday night.
Defense lineman Jay Ratliff was arrested after he collided with an 18-wheeler.
A Grapevine police officer told NBC 5 DFW that Ratliff did not even realize he had caused a wreck when officers questioned him at the crash scene.
"He had no idea how the crash occurred, and so I would just leave it at that," Senior Police Officer Sam Shemwell said.
Shemwell said Ratliff knew he had been involved in a crash but didn't know what had caused it.
Police said Ratliff refused sobriety tests at the scene and was arrested. Police obtained a search warrant, and he was taken to a hospital for a mandatory blood draw.
The results of the test are pending.
Ratliff was released on $500 bail on Tuesday morning.
The driver of the 18-wheeler was not injured, Grapevine police said. Ratliff, who was driving a Ford pickup truck, complained of minor injuries but refused medical treatment, police said.
Ratliff is the second Cowboy to be arrested in a drunken-driving crash since December.
Josh Brent, who replaced Ratliff on the field because of an injury, was arrested Dec. 8 on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter in a one-car crash that killed Cowboys practice-squad member Jerry Brown Jr. He was indicted later last month.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/187991211.html
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