Tennessee State Sen. Ken Yager urinated on himself when he was arrested for driving below the affect (DUI) after a hit-and-run crash in Georgia on Tuesday afternoon, the Georgia Division of Public Security has confirmed.

The Kingston politician, 77, who chairs his state’s Republican Senate Caucus, was apprehended within the parking zone of gourmand grocery retailer Jekyll Market at round 5pm, in accordance with The Tennessean.

Troopers had acknowledged his black Ford Edge and its out-of-state licence plates because the car being sought in connection to an accident with one other automotive on Jekyll Island, authorities mentioned.

However when troopers responded to the car, they discovered emergency responders already attending to Yager after he had tripped and fallen over.

The Republican subsequently took half in a discipline sobriety check, a video of which was later obtained and posted on Instagram and X by Information Channel 5.

Within the video, he was seen struggling to stroll in a straight line with a darkish stain seen on the entrance of his cargo pants, resulting in on-line hypothesis that he had suffered an extra embarrassment throughout his ordeal.

That element was confirmed by the officers’ incident report, which recorded that Yager had urinated on himself through the sobriety check, which then needed to be lower quick as he proved unable to face safely on one leg.

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The incident report additionally famous the state senator had admitted to having had a “couple glasses of wine beforehand within the day.”

He additionally allegedly claimed to have spoken to the motive force within the earlier accident, believed nobody was harmed and was not conscious that the collision was below investigation.

The arresting officers “detected a definite odor of alcohol on his breath” and requested Yager to take a breathalyzer check, which returned a breath alcohol content material of 0.14, nicely above the authorized restrict of 0.08.

He was arrested and charged with the hit-and-run, failing to cease at a cease signal and DUI.

Yager was booked into Glynn County Jail and launched within the early hours of Wednesday morning on a $2,117.70 bond.

“An unlucky incident occurred final evening,” Yager mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.

“On the recommendation of my lawyer, I can’t talk about the particulars at the moment. I’m and can proceed to cooperate totally with authorities to carry this incident to an applicable conclusion.”

The Unbiased has reached out to Yager for additional remark.

The lawmaker might be required to step down from his caucus management if he’s indicted over the incident, in accordance with Tennessee Senate ethics pointers. Nonetheless, the foundations grant him 10 days to request an enchantment listening to earlier than the Ethics Committee.

Yager labored as a trainer earlier in his profession, then served as Roane County lawyer between 1978 and 1982 and Roane County government from 1982 to 2006, earlier than coming into the Tennessee Senate.

His present time period expires in November 2028.