Drunk Driver Stuck on Train Tracks

La Grange Police arrested a 53-year-old man from Bellville after he got his car stuck on the railroad tracks on Friday night, Feb. 26.

Police Chief David Gilbreath said a citizen called police around 8:18 p.m. to report a car stuck on the tracks in the 200 block of North Washington Street. Officer Justin Koehne responded and found a grey 2015 Kia straddling the north side of the tracks facing east. Gilbreath said the driver, Phillip Brian Davenport of Bellville, told Koehne he was attempting to go to the Riverside RV Park and got lost.

Gilbreath said Davenport appeared intoxicated. Koehne conducted a standardized field sobriety test and determined that Davenport was intoxicated. Koehne arrested him for driving while intoxicated. Davenport was taken to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center in La Grange.

Paul’s Towing also responded with a wrecker to remove the Kia from the railroad tracks.