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GILLETTE (WNE) — A 53-year-old Nevada truck driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol Thursday evening after struggling with the door of his semi.
Deputies were called …
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GILLETTE (WNE) — A 53-year-old Nevada truck driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol Thursday evening after struggling with the door of his semi.
Deputies were called out to the parking lot of Hank’s Roadside Bar and Grill at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday to check on the man’s welfare, said Sheriff Scott Matheny.
Bar staff said the man was sitting in the driver’s seat of a semi. They said he was acting strange and they were not comfortable checking on him.
When deputies arrived, the man was still sitting in the semi, which was running. He showed signs of being drunk, and he couldn’t figure out how to open the door of the semi.
Eventually he handed deputies the keys to the truck through the window so they could unlock the door from the outside, Matheny said.
He admitted to drinking and thought he would be safe to drive in a couple of hours. He was arrested for DUI after performing poorly on sobriety tests. At the jail, his blood alcohol content was 0.24%.
