Man arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting woman in drunk driving, Arlington police say

A Forest Hill man is in jail on suspicion of killing a woman while drunk late Friday night as he fled the scene of another incident, Arlington police said.

At around 11:17 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection of South Watson and Webb Lynn roads, where they found that the driver of a Dodge Charger had run a red light and struck a motorcyclist, Sergeant Alex Rosado said in a news release Sunday.

The motorcyclist, identified as Julie Maldonado, 43, of Arlington, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Rosado said. She was pronounced dead Saturday morning, according to Tarrant County coroner's records.

The driver of the Charger, identified as 22-year-old Kenneth Polk, fled the scene but was quickly found and stopped, Rosado said.

Officers determined Polk was intoxicated at the time of the crash and fled the scene of an incident involving a mailbox, Rosado said.

Police arrested Polk based on the results of a series of roadside breathalyzer tests, police spokesman Tim Ciesco said in a statement Sunday afternoon. He is charged with manslaughter while intoxicated and causing death.

Polk agreed to a blood sample for a toxicology test, Ciesco said. The results are still pending, he said.

In Texas, the legal blood alcohol limit for driving is 0.08.

Polk was in the Tarrant County Jail Sunday afternoon, according to the jail's website, because he failed to post $20,000 bail. No attorney was listed for him in court records.