Police say a Madison man was slurring his speech and driving without a license when he crashed into another vehicle carrying a family at State Road 46 East and Hawthorne Drive.
The crash was reported at about 7 p.m. Aug. 1.
The other driver told Nashville Police Officer Keith Lawson that he and family were OK but that the other driver might be injured.
The other driver, Jacob W. Robak, 37, was slurring his speech, Lawson wrote in a probable cause affidavit. He said his back was hurt and that he could not feel his legs. He said he had issues with his sciatic nerve in his back.
When Lawson went to grab Robak’s insurance and registration information from the glove box, he smelled alcohol in the car and noticed several opened and unopened beer cans, the affidavit states. Lawson asked Robak if he had been drinking and he said he had a couple a few hours ago, the report said.
Robak tried to pull himself from his vehicle but couldn’t because of his injury. When Lawson asked for his license, Robak said he did not have one and dispatch confirmed that he was a habitual traffic violator whose license was suspended for 10 years.
While inventorying the vehicle, Lawson found a small container on a keychain which contained five prescription pills, including a generic version of Adderall and an amphetamine, the affidavit states. He also found a cooler with unopened beer bottles inside.
Robak consented to a blood draw; the results of tests are pending.
He was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital and then booked into the Brown County jail. He was charged Aug. 2 with operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator, a Level 6 felony, and possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor.
