Arkansas-side police charge local Uber driver with DWI

Chase Olson
Chase Olson

Texarkana, Ark., police arrested and charged an Uber driver with driving while intoxicated shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

Arkansas-side officers answered a dispatch call to the 5000 block of Jefferson Avenue regarding a vehicle accident involving a possible DWI.

When police arrived at the scene, they found the Uber driver, Chase Olson, 31, address unavailable, at the scene and appearing to be unable to stand still without swaying, according to reports.

Police also spoke to Olson's two passengers, Phillip and Macy Pace. The couple told police that Olson had been driving recklessly from the time he picked them up.

Phillip Pace told police that he told Olson to stop several times and added that Olson refused to. Pace said Olson eventually struck the Jefferson Avenue bridge concrete railing after exiting from Interstate 30 up onto the bridge's I-30 turn-around portion.

Police eventually placed Olson under arrest after they gave him a series of field sobriety tests.

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