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.

