Former Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton has entered a treatment program after he was cited earlier this month for driving under the influence in Tennessee, his attorney says.
Helton, 45, was cited by the Knox County (Tenn.) Sheriff’s Office for DUI on March 18. According to an accident report obtained by Denver7, officers responded to a single-vehicle accident southwest of Knoxville just before 6 p.m.
Helton’s truck had left the road and hit a telephone pole. Emergency responders were already tending to Helton once police arrived, according to the report.
Helton told officers he had taken an Ambien about four hours earlier while at home, though the report says that one of the responding officers “observed a plastic travel cup in the vehicle that had the odor of an alcoholic beverage inside of the cup.