Artis Gilmore flips car, charged with DUI

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Former basketball star Artis Gilmore was charged with drunken driving after flipping his car during an accident. Gilmore, 57, wasn't injured in the crash but the Florida Highway Patrol said witnesses had to help him from the car because he was caught on his seat belt.

The accident happened early Wednesday, when Gilmore's car left the road, hit a tree and overturned onto its roof, FHP spokesman Bill Leeper said.


A trooper investigating the accident said he smelled alcohol, and Gilmore said he had a few glasses of wine and was driving home.

After failing a series of field sobriety exercises, Gilmore was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge. Gilmore's blood-alcohol level was 0.14 percent, Leeper said, more than the legal limit of 0.08 percent.

There was no telephone listing for Gilmore and it wasn't known if he had an attorney.

Gilmore, nicknamed "the A-Train," was a five-time ABA and six-time NBA All-star during his 18-year career in the 1970s and '80s.

He played for the Kentucky Colonels, the Chicago Bulls and San Antonio Spurs. Gilmore played in 909 NBA games, scoring 15,579 points. Gilmore led the Jacksonville Dolphins to the 1970 NCAA championship game. He had his number retired in 1992.

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[rascal]

Good thing he didn't hurt himself or anybody else. I hope he takes this as a lesson and doesn't drink and drive again.