((HT: Austin American-Statesman/KEYE-TV))
A Texas Longhorn football player could be in trouble with the law.
The attorney for Senior UT linebacker Sergio Kindle admits his client crashed his car into an apartment near the UT Campus then left the scene.
It happened early Wednesday morning at the Jefferson West Apartments located at 2704 Rio Grande St.
Kindle's attorney Brian Roark says Kindle was texting while driving at 2 a.m. His car veered off road and ran into apartment building. Kindle left the scene. Either Kindle or a friend called apartment complex at around 10:30 a.m. to accept responsibility for the accident and assume the cost of any damages.
Roark says to his knowledge Kindle was not drinking.
No one was hurt at the apartment.
Texas Sports Information Director John Bianco says the team's physician saw Kindle that morning about a concussion he suffered in the crash.
Police are investigating. The driver could be charged with leaving the scene of a collision.
In 2006, Kindle was arrested on a charge of drinking and driving. Head coach Mack Brown suspended him for three games.
Gregg Watson reports from the scene, thanks to our friends at KEYE-CBS42 in Austin
According to our friend, Doc Saturday, what Kindle did does NOT constitute "leaving the scene."
"...since Kindle struck a stationary object, reported it to owners within a reasonable amount of time (the following morning) and will file an accident report with the Texas Department of Public Safety, it doesn't constitute leaving the scene."
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