Vt. police arrest man driving backward on highway

[August 10, 2009]  BERLIN, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont State Police charged a New Jersey man with drunken driving after receiving a call about a car being driven backward on Interstate 89.

Police said they received a report late Friday night of a motorist driving erratically -- and at one point driving in reverse -- in the southbound lanes in Berlin, south of Montpelier.

When police caught up, they arrested a 46-year-old man. Police said a preliminary breath test indicated the man's blood-alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit.

[Associated Press]

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