A Thursday afternoon accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at Oak Street and Interstate 40 resulted in the arrest of one for public intoxication.
Conway police responded to a report of a man who was struck by a car while walking in front of the vehicle merging onto Oak Street from I-40.
No one in the car was injured. The pedestrian, identified as Terry Glenn Bailey, 59, of Hoxie, refused medical treatment at the scene and was not seriously injured, but was believed to be under the influence of alcohol.
According to the report, Bailey smelled of intoxicants and was unsteady on his feet. He reportedly admitted to officers that he had been drinking, and when police attempted to administer a horizontal gaze nystagmus test, the man told the officer, "I have been drinking. I can't do this."
Bailey, who is currently on parole, was taken to Faulkner County jail, where he was cited for public intoxication.
He was also instructed to report to his parole officer "as soon as possible."
Comments (14)
Add commentbooze
It's what's for dinner.
If one thing positive can be said
at least he wasn't driving.
agreed
Although, he probably thought he was.
I'm confused.
Why? How do we know he was drunk?
From what I read, in the article
"walking in front of the vehicle"
"smelled of intoxicants"
"unsteady on his feet"
"admitted to officers that he had been drinking"
"I have been drinking. I can't do this" referring to a test that only requires you to look at the officer's finger about a foot in front of your face.
Sounds like he was under the influence of alcohol (by his own admission) in a public place (i.e., a US Highway) to the point that he was a danger to himself (as evidenced by the fact that he stepped out in front of a car on Oak St.).
Are you just reading the headline and then asking questions without even reading the articles? This wasn't even a long article.
Is an intoxicated man on foot hit by a car
capable of determining whether he sustained an injury which might have added to his unsteadiness? I guess the records will all be there for a legal review either way.
You Commie Pinko
That kind of talk won't be tolerated amongst us villagers. This man was obviously drunk. I hope he gets what he deserves in court. I've already mailed a letter to the judge, the prosecutor, the mayor, the city council, my postman, the 2003 Toad Suck Queen...
How Dare You, You Hippie Fruitcake
The 2003 Toad Suck Queen is scheduled to perform on Dancing With The Stars, and you want to trouble her with this?! For Shame.
You should have just called Mark Vaught. It's all his fault anyway.
As long
As long as they are coherent enough to refuse treatment there's not much the medical folks can do. If you are not leaking fluids or have parts hanging in the wrong places you can refuse treatment. If they ( the EMT's) don't have a high level of reason to believe that a person is not in control of themselves mentally then they can't force treatment.
He seemed well enough to have a conversation of about his level of intoxication with the officers.
Internets forensics
He was in from out-of-town, maybe driving a big truck or for a class or something; walked from the hotel to the local restaurant. Had a nice dinner, on an expense account, bored, had a cocktail before dinner, a drink or two during, maybe, I mean why not, a drink after, nothing else to do, right?
Get up to leave, realize he might've taken it a bit too far. Walks back to hotel, "Oh man, I'd better get right to bed," headlights confusion yadda impact.
Knows the boss is going to flip finds out he got drunk and run over, so he limps back to the hotel, hopes nobody from back home reads the Conway paper. Stiff the next day.
#nevergoingtomakethatmistakeagain