Impaired driving charge after police say man passed out behind wheel

A man found allegedly passed out behind the wheel in traffic is being charged with impaired driving.

Regina police said they got calls around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday night about a white van swerving in the road and then stopping on Dewdney Avenue near Lewvan Drive.

According to a tweet from the police traffic division, the man was passed out with the vehicle running partially in traffic.

A 57-year-old man is being charged with impaired driving, and driving with a blood alcohol level over .08. He was released by police until a later court date.

<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Just arrested another impaired driver. Passed out with the vehicle running partially in traffic <a href=”https://twitter.com/reginapolice”>@reginapolice</a> <a href=”https://t.co/ZcYI52MbbX”>pic.twitter.com/ZcYI52MbbX</a></p>&mdash; Cst. Warnar (@RPSTrafficUnit) <a href=”https://twitter.com/RPSTrafficUnit/status/806327609747329025″>December 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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