Chattanooga police have identified John Woodlee, 53, as the man who staggered out of a sports bar in East Brainerd on Tuesday night, got into a vehicle, backed into several other cars and then accelerated into a pole and died, according to Chattanooga police.
Woodlee left Fanatics Sports Bar and Grill at 7643 East Brainerd Road around 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to police. He was the only person involved in the crash.
Officer John Collins said the police department’s regulatory division will investigate the crash to determine whether the man was overserved at the bar before he left.
Video surveillance showed Woodlee staggering across the parking lot.
“We’ve got to look at everything and see, but one of the possible charges could be overserving if we can determine that it happened,” Collins said.
His investigation will depend on what the police department’s traffic and DUI divisions discover, he said, as well as Woodlee’s toxicology report.
A man who answered the phone at Fanatics on Wednesday declined to comment.