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Man Gets DUI on Forklift

By Baker Associates

DUI cases are a pretty common occurrence today, but it is not every day you see someone charged with a DUI for operating a forklift. A man from Fairbanks, Alaska pleaded guilty recently to just that after police caught him operating the machinery while drunk a couple of weeks ago as he was trying to pull two trucks out of a ditch. Apparently the man?s friend had gotten his truck stuck in a ditch which prompted the man to attempt to use his truck to free his friend?s vehicle. Unfortunately, the man?s truck also became stuck in the ditch after he attempted to pull his friend out, prompting the man to seek out the forklift to free both vehicles. As the man arrived with the forklift, the police showed up and, determining that both men were intoxicated, arrested both the man and his friend...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on December 28, 2009 (boomark / email).