Indiana News

Man on Lawn Mower Given Ticket for Public Intoxication

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Police in southern Indiana say a man who drove a lawnmower on an Evansville street with a blood-alcohol level more than five times the legal limit was given a ticket for public intoxication.

The Evansville Courier & Press reports (http://bit.ly/1R2WHmc ) 27-year-old Trevor Bates of Evansville was stopped by police after witnesses reported seeing him on the lawn mower with his daughter on his lap and a 50-year-old woman on the lawnmower's deck.

Witnesses said Bates nearly fell from the mower several times and was nearly hit by traffic. The legal limit to operate a vehicle on roads in Indiana is 0.08 percent.  Evansville police Bates had a blood-alcohol content of 0.445 percent.

Bates could not be reached for comment because there was no telephone listing for him.

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  Information from: Evansville Courier & Press, http://www.courierpress.com

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