Ratliff was released Tuesday on $500 bail on the misdemeanor offense, said Officer Sam Shemwell, a police spokesman.
Neither Ratliff nor the driver of the big rig was hurt, Shemwell said.
The responding officer gave Ratliff a field sobriety test “and formed the opinion he was intoxicated,” Shemwell said.
Ratliff refused an on-scene breath test, so officers subsequently obtained a warrant to draw a blood sample, Shemwell said.
Clarence E. Hill Jr., Carlos Mendez and Bill Miller have this report.
Fort Worth won't be the venue to decide the fate of the infant daughter of pro football player Jovan Belcher, who in December killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself at the Kansas City Chiefs' team facility.
A custody case involving 4-month-old Zoey Belcher (shown here with her mother, Kasandra Perkins) has been dismissed in 324th District Court.
Judge Jerome Hennigan determined that the Texas court was not the proper venue for the case, which potentially involves millions of dollars from the National Football League player's estate.
Grandparents from both sides of the family reportedly are no longer talking to each other.
A second co-conspirator of former NFL receiver Sam Hurd has formally pleaded guilty in a drug investigation that charges Hurd with trying to set up a drug ring.
Jesse Tyrone Chavful pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Dallas to one count of conspiracy to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute, according to The Associated Press.
The 45-year-old Chavful admitted to trying to buy cocaine and marijuana at Hurd's request earlier this year. Chavful - who is Hurd's cousin - also admitted he tried to set up a purchase of 10 kilograms of cocaine last year.
Another person charged in the investigation, Toby Lujan, has also pleaded guilty.
Hurd has pleaded not guilty.
Hurd's attorney, Jay Ethington, said Wednesday that he's continuing to prepare for trial, scheduled for Dec. 3.
ESPN also has a report on this; read it here.
