NM driving teacher charged with drunk driving

[August 20, 2009]  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The owner of an Albuquerque driving school has been charged with driving while intoxicated after crashing his car.

Police said the man was arrested Aug. 6 after he crashed his car in Rio Rancho. Police spokesman John Francis said when officers responded, the man had "an odor of intoxication on his breath; bloodshot, red watery eyes; slurred speech."

A police report showed that the man failed field sobriety tests when he couldn't walk in a straight line or recite the alphabet. Two breath analysis tests also showed that his blood-alcohol level was nearly four times the legal limit.

The man faces charges of DWI and careless driving. He was bonded out of the Sandoval County Jail a day after his arrest.

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Information from: KOAT-TV, http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/index.html

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