HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Former Dolphins cornerback Vontae Davis was arrested on a DUI charge Saturday in Hollywood after his car rear-ended a truck parked on the shoulder with a flat tire, the Florida Highway Patrol said Sunday.
At 7:47 a.m. Saturday, the Southwest Ranches resident was driving south on Florida's Turnpike through Hollywood when his black Tesla rear-ended a bronze Toyota Tundra parked on the shoulder with a flat tire, the FHP said.
The driver of the Tundra, a 59-year-old North Miami man, was standing next to his truck.
He was hit by his own truck after Davis slammed into it and was taken to Broward Health Medical Center with several injuries.
Davis was arrested on a DUI charge for first offense after refusing to take standard field sobriety exercises and declined to take a breathalyzer test or provide a sample of blood and urine, according to the trooper's report.
"Upon approaching Mr. Davis, I noticed that he was laying down on the right shoulder sleeping," the arresting trooper wrote in his report. "While speaking to Mr. Davis about the crash, I noticed that his eyes were bloodshot red. He had to lean on the concrete barrier wall to keep himself sitting upright. With slurred speech Mr. Davis stated that he was not injured."
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The trooper asked Davis if he'd been drinking.
"He replied, 'Yes, I had two drinks, two mixed drinks,'" the trooper's report said. "I asked Mr. Davis where he was coming from. He replied with a name of a club. I could not understand the name. I asked Mr. Davis why he was sleeping on the shoulder against the wall. He replied, "I was tired."
Davis, 34, played for the Dolphins from 2009-11 after being drafted in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He then played for the Indianapolis Colts from 2012-17, earning two spots in the Pro Bowl, and Buffalo Bills the next year.
In 2018, Davis quit during halftime as the host Bills took on the Los Angeles Chargers in the season opener. Davis subsequently retired.
Davis was also taken to the hospital as a precaution at first, but he was later taken to the main Broward County jail. His bond was listed as $500.
