Tennessee state Sen. Kenneth Yager, R-Kingston, was arrested in Georgia on Tuesday on charges of DUI, hit-and-run, and failure to stop at a stop sign, authorities confirmed.
Yager, who serves as the Tennessee Senate Republican Caucus chair, was booked into the Glynn County Detention Center on Tuesday after being arrested by the Georgia State Patrol of Jekyll Island.
“An unfortunate incident happened last night,” Yager said in a statement regarding his arrest while on vacation in Georgia. “On the advice of my attorney, I cannot discuss the particulars at this time. I am and will continue to cooperate fully with authorities to bring this incident to an appropriate conclusion.”
Georgia state troopers were notified that a Ford Edge with Tennessee license plates was allegedly involved in a hit-and-run on Jekyll Island at 5:01 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Georgia State Patrol’s preliminary investigation.
Troopers located the Ford Edge in the parking lot of Jekyll Market, a grocery store on Jekyll Island, a beach resort town and popular tourist destination. Emergency medical services were already on scene evaluating Yager, who had tripped and fallen, according to police.