A Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare doctor was arrested on drunken driving charges Saturday after a crash with a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office vehicle.

Tallahassee Police were called to the scene near the intersection of Monroe Street and Apalachee Parkway at about 8:30 p.m. to investigate a crash involving 36-year-old Eric Forsthoefel.

Forsthoefel is an emergency medicine physician at TMH.

Arriving officers noticed Forsthoefel had a strong odor of alcohol, slurred speech and other indicators of impairment, according to court records.

Officers questioned Forsthoefel about the crash and he denied hitting anyone with his vehicle or that he was intoxicated.

He agreed to do several roadside sobriety tests but officers noted in their report he expressed confusion about the procedures.

He told officers “this isn’t necessary. You don’t have to do this,” according to court records. “We are on the same team.”

He refused to submit to a blood-alcohol breath test at the Leon County jail.

Forsthoefel's attorney Michael MacNamara said the contact between the trucks occurred at slow speeds in congested bumber-to-bumper traffic and the VCSO vehicle was an unmarked pickup truck.

Contact Karl Etters at ketters@tallahassee.com or @KarlEtters on Twitter.