CHINA SPRING, Texas (KWTX) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers arrested Philip Notley after a two-vehicle crash that left a young woman seriously injured, according to an arrest affidavit.
The crash happened April 17 on FM 1637 near April Lane in the China Spring area.
Troopers said they arrived and found a 2013 Ford F-150 with heavy front-end damage blocking a lane, and a 2012 Hyundai Tucson in a ditch with significant damage.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 19-year-old woman, was trapped inside and being treated by first responders, the affidavit states.
Witnesses told troopers they helped a man out of the F-150 and sat him on a small trailer, but said he later ran away into a nearby field while they were attending to the Hyundai’s driver, according to the affidavit.
Troopers said they ran toward the area and found Notley tangled in a barbed-wire fence. The affidavit says Notley did not resist as troopers removed him from the fence.
Troopers reported that he rolled onto his stomach and put his hands behind his head as he was instructed to place his hands behind his back. Investigators said Notley had to be helped to his feet because he was unable to stand on his own.
Troopers reported Notley was unsteady and needed help walking back to the crash scene. The affidavit states he leaned on a patrol car to keep his balance and that his speech was so slurred the trooper could not understand most of what he was saying.
Troopers said Notley told them he had left a work function at a pizza place and said he had “two beers,” but gave conflicting answers when asked about the time.
Notley agreed to take standardized field sobriety tests, but troopers wrote that he could not follow instructions during an HGN test and was swaying so much the test was stopped for safety reasons. Troopers said a walk-and-turn test was also stopped after Notley began walking during the instruction phase and nearly fell.
Notley was arrested for DWI and taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest for medical clearance before being booked into the McLennan County Jail, according to the affidavit. Troopers said a breath test later showed results of 0.196 and 0.194, more than twice the legal limit in Texas.
Notley was charged with intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury and collision involving serious bodily injury, the affidavit states.
He was booked into the McLennan County Jail and has since been released on bond.
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