Former Texas Rangers pitcher arrested after allegedly fleeing scene of accident while DWI

Former Texas Rangers pitcher Matt Bush has been charged with drunk driving pursuing an alleged vehicular mishap connected Friday night.

Arlington constabulary accidental a driver, aboriginal identified arsenic 38-year-old Bush, was driving erratically erstwhile they attempted to halt his Lincoln Aviator. 

Bush past fled and a fewer minutes aboriginal the aforesaid conveyance was progressive successful an mishap with a 2023 Chevy Silverado.

Former Texas Rangers pitcher Matt Bush has been charged with drunk driving pursuing a vehicular mishap connected Friday night. (Arlington Police Department)

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According to authorities, Bush ran a reddish airy crashing into the Silverado.  He past crashed into 2 much vehicles, some of which were stopped astatine the light.

Bystanders told Arlington Police officials that Bush attempted to get retired of his conveyance and fly the country erstwhile a radical of witnesses caught up with him and detained him.

Both Bush and the operator of the Silverado were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Matt Bush #51 of the Texas Rangers pitches against the Seattle Mariners during the archetypal inning astatine Globe Life Field connected July 15, 2022 successful Arlington, Texas.   (Photo by Ron Jenkins)

Police accidental they suspected Bush was drunk erstwhile observing his behaviour and owed to statements helium made.

He refused a roadside sobriety trial and police obtained a warrant to cod a humor illustration to test.

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Matt Bush #51 of the Texas Rangers runs to archetypal basal aft a basal deed from the Los Angeles Angels during the ninth inning astatine Angel Stadium of Anaheim connected July 29, 2022 successful Anaheim, California.  (Photo by Michael Owens)

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This is not Bush’s archetypal alcohol-related incident.  He antecedently played for the San Diego Padres but was traded owed to his past of alcohol-related exploits.

In 2012, helium was progressive successful a superior mishap involving a 72-year-old antheral connected a motorcycle. His humor intoxicant contented was 0.18 astatine the clip of that crash.

According to the Arlington County Police section website, helium faces 1 number of driving portion intoxicated, 1 number of an mishap involving wounded and 1 number of evading. Bail was acceptable astatine $35,000.

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