Man jailed on suspicion of fatally hitting woman while driving drunk, Arlington police say

A Forest Hill man is in jail on suspicion of killing a woman Friday night while driving drunk and fleeing the scene of an unrelated incident, Arlington police said.

Officers were dispatched around 11:17 p.m. to the intersection of South Watson and Webb Lynn roads, where they determined 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 medical examiner records.

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

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

Police arrested Polk based on the results of a series of roadside sobriety tests, department spokesman Tim Ciesco said in a statement Sunday afternoon. He is charged with intoxication manslaughter and collision resulting in death.

Polk agreed to have a blood draw for a toxicology test, Ciesco said. Results are pending, he added.

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

Polk was in jail in Tarrant County Sunday afternoon on $20,000 bail. Court records do not list an attorney for him.