GUILDERLAND — A Knox man was arrested on April 1 for vehicular manslaughter after, police say, he struck a man with his car while driving drunk.

Daniel D. Broomhall, 42, of 108 Lewis Road, was driving a black Chevrolet Avalanche on Western Avenue around 11 p.m. on Wednesday night when, according to the Guilderland Police report, he said he heard a loud bang and saw the hood of his car “fly up.”

He pulled into a nearby parking lot, at 1789 Western Ave., in Westmere, and got out of his car to see what he had hit and saw the victim, Isaac Villarreal, of Albany, lying on the sidewalk.

When police arrived, Broomhall was still standing on the sidewalk next to Villarreal.

Officers noted Broomhall had an odor of alcohol and glassy eyes, the report said, and asked him to perform field sobriety tests at the scene.

He failed the field sobriety tests, registered positive for alcohol on a pre-screening device, and was taken into custody, the report said.

He was charged with vehicular manslaughter, a felony, and driving while intoxicated, first-offense, a misdemeanor.

Villarreal was treated by Guilderland Emergency Medical Services and the Western Turnpike Rescue Squad, and was transported to Albany Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Broomhall, once in custody, refused a breath test verbally, and through his attorney.

Guilderland Town Judge John Bailey ordered a chemical blood test at 1:45 a.m. on April 2.

Broomhall was sent to Albany County’s jail, and he pleaded not guilty in Guilderland Town Court on April 2. He was released on $30,000 bail and his case will be heard by an Albany County grand jury at a later date.

Captain Curtis Cox of the Guilderland Police Department said this week that results for toxicology reports and laboratory screenings have not yet been received, and the investigation is ongoing.