LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -
The driver charged in a traffic collision that injured a Metro motorcycle officer failed several field sobriety tests after admitting to taking pain and sleeping pills.
Las Vegas Metro police detailed 45-year-old Jack Bradford's July 28 arrest for driving under the influence in a report released Tuesday.
In the report, police said Bradford was making a left turn into a private driveway just off Lake Mead Boulevard near Victor Way when his pick-up truck got in front of a marked police motorcycle operated by Officer Michael Contreras.
Contreras was in the far left lane of eastbound Lake Mead when he struck the side of Bradford's truck and was ejected.
Bradford admitted to officers he had been taking a prescription pain killer before the collision. He also told police he took sleeping medication the day before.
Officers noticed Bradford had been swaying back and forth while being interviewed at the scene.
Several field sobriety tests were performed including a "walk-and-turn" test and a "one-leg stand" test.
Bradford almost fell over during a turn in one test and was losing his balance standing on each leg, police said. Bradford was also alternately agitated and cooperative during the tests, the report said.
He refused to do an addition Drug Recognition Evaluation test without a lawyer, police said.
Bradford was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of driving under the influence of a controlled substance, failing to yield while making a turn and driving on a suspended license. Police added a bodily harm special circumstance to the DUI charge upon learning of Contreras' injuries.
Contreras was transported to University Medical Center with a broken wrist and bleeding on his brain, police said.
While in custody, Bradford told FOX5 on Monday that he's sorry for what happened but did not believe he was at fault.
"I feel sorry for his family and him, but I don't think it was my fault. I didn't see him. If he had lights on I would have seen him. I was not under the influence. Blood work will prove that," Bradford said.
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