Glen Campbell charged with assault and drink driving

Country singer Glen Campbell has been charged with assault and drunken driving over an alleged hit-and-run collision.

Campbell was formally charged with aggravated assault, drunken driving, extreme drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident, the Maricopa County Attorney’s office in Arizona said.

The criminal complaint was filed last week against Campbell who was arrested on November 24 at his home in Phoenix after he allegedly struck another car and left the scene. Nobody was hurt.

Extreme drunken driving applies to a blood-alcohol level of 0.15% or higher.

Breath tests on 67-year-old Campbell showed he had a 0.2% blood-alcohol level, according to court documents. The legal limit for Arizona drivers is 0.08%.

While in custody, police said Campbell became angry and kneed an officer, who was not injured.

He was freed on bail.

The singer apologised last week and blamed the arrest on the accidental mixing of alcohol and a prescription anti-anxiety drug.

Campbell, who has lived in Arizona for 22 years and has no prior convictions, was hugely successful in the 1960s and early 1970s with a string of hits on the pop and country charts, including Rhinestone Cowboy, Galveston, Gentle On My Mind and the Grammy-winning By the Time I Get To Phoenix.