Ex-NFL star held in DUI

Retired NFL player Lawrence Taylor was freed from jail early Saturday after his arrest on charges he sideswiped a police car while driving drunk on Florida’s Turnpike, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Troopers took Taylor, 57, of Pembroke Pines, into custody on the charge of DUI alcohol Friday evening in Palm Beach Gardens. Although Taylor sustained minor injuries, no one else was hurt, the Highway Patrol said.

According to an arrest report released Saturday by the agency, Taylor’s breath tests showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .082 and.084nearly fivehoursafter the crash. Florida’s legal limit is .08.

About 5:20 p.m., Taylorwas entering Florida’sTurnpike fromthe Beeline Expressway when he struck the right side of a motor home, the highway patrol said. He then veered right and sideswiped aHighway Patrol vehicle thatwas stopped on the shoulder.

Taylor had bloodshot, watery eyes andwas unsteady on his feet, an arrest report said.

When Taylor was asked at the jail whether he’d had anything to drink, he replied, “Apparently too much,” theFHParrest report said.

Paramedics examined him before he was taken to the hospital after he complained he wasn’t feelingwell, the agency said.

Jail records show Taylor released about 4:30 a.m.

Taylorwasoneof themost fearsome defensive players in NFL history. In his 13 seasons with the New York Giants (1981-93), the outside linebacker made the Pro Bowl10 times.

He’s a two-time Super Bowl champion, three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year andwas the league’s MVP in 1986. Taylor was enshrined in the Pro Football was