FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A former major league baseball player left the Broward County Jail Friday after an 11-hour stay since being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide.

Police said Jim Leyritz was behind the wheel of a 2006 Ford Expedition that collided with a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero at the intersection of Southwest Seventh Avenue and Second Street in the Himmarshee area of downtown Fort Lauderdale at 3:20 a.m.

The impact caused the other car to roll over. Police identified the female driver as Fredia Ann Veitch, 30, of Plantation. She was ejected from the vehicle and died after being taken to Broward General Medical Center, police said. Veitch was returning from her job at the Original Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale. Police said she is the mother of two children, ages 5 and 13 years old.

"Her husband did not like the fact that she worked late hours and this was going to be her last week working for them," said Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman Detective Kathy Collins.

Leyritz was arrested on suspicion of DUI because he refused a mandatory blood test, police said. According to Collins, officers at the scene observed Leyritz to have "red, watery eyes, a flushed face and an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person." It was then that officers initiated a DUI investigation, according to Collins. He was advised that Veitch had died and was requested to submit to a mandatory blood test, police said.

According to Collins, Leyritz refused and he was informed that blood would be taken "above his refusal." At 6:10 a.m. and 7:12 a.m., blood was taken and delivered to the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office for analysis.

According to police records, he was booked at 4:30 a.m. Friday. He left the jail at 3:30 p.m. Friday noticeably shaken and appeared to be holding back tears. Leyritz, of Davie, was released after posting an $11,000 bond. He is charged with DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage.

Police said the investigation is continuing.

The 44-year-old is most remembered for his three-run home run off while playing for the New York Yankees against the Atlanta Braves in Game 4 of the 1996 World Series.

He began his career in 1990 with the Yankees, played 11 seasons in the majors with six different teams, and retired in 2000.