Trooper makes 2 DUI arrests in 1 traffic stop

[March 16, 2010]  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska State Troopers needed just one traffic stop to make two arrests for drunken driving.

Troopers said a highway patrol officer arrested a 42-year-old man for drunken driving after stopping him for speeding on Sunday. A short time later, a 29-year-old man arrived to take custody of the car. The officer determined he had driven to the scene while drunk.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that the second man also had an outstanding warrant for failure to report to jail from a prior DUI.

Both drivers were taken to the Fairbanks Correctional Center.

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Information from: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com/

[Associated Press]

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