Routine Traffic Stop: Ohio Troopers Find Drunk Man Riding With Dead Passenger
- Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:00am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A photo of the stop taken by Jamie Banks.
LIMA, Ohio (The Blaze/AP) — Ohio troopers say when they did a traffic stop on a pickup truck, they found the driver was riding with a dead man in the passenger seat.
Allen County Coroner Gary Beasley says it appears the man had been dead for hours when the State Highway Patrol pulled over the truck early Thursday in Lima (LY’-muh), in northwest Ohio. Beasley tells The Lima News his initial investigation found no evidence that the man died as a result of foul play.
A ruling on the cause of death will await autopsy findings.
“The driver was riding around with a dead man in the car,” Jamie Banks, who witnessed the traffic stop, told the Lima news. “No doubt about that.”
She then went into detail:
She said her 10-year-old niece was awakened by the sound of tires screeching. Banks said officers began conducting field sobriety tests on the driver of the 1988 Chevrolet pickup truck and went to check on the passenger. Banks said she assumed they were just going to assist the passenger, but when she looked outside again the passenger was stiff on the ground, his head, face and hands all a purple color and swollen.s
Lima patrol post commander Lt. Brant Zemelka says the driver of the pickup was charged with drunken driving and driving with a suspended license.
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Information from: The Lima News, http://www.limanews.com
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Comments (51)
thegreatcarnac
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:10pmHe wanted to drive in the HOV lanes.
Report Post »VintageAmerican
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 5:20pmNo HOV lanes there. Just a bunch of freaks.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:37pmNo, he was just being responsible by not letting the dead guy drive.
Report Post »USAMama
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:14pmWow… Kinda makes you wonder if the guy was dead when he got into the car or if the driver was too drunk to notice that his passenger had died?
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:53pmNow is that against the law. Give us the statue number.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:25amI’d want to be drunk too if I had to ride with a corpse….
Report Post »crapgame
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:54pmI suffer Ohio drivers all the time, living in western pa, and nothing surprises me. Reminds me of lyrics to a grateful dead song, “ truckin got my chips cashed in ”. The dead guy was probably scared to death by the guy driving drunk. By the way how do you know hes drunk, swerving all over the road is how people drive in Ohio.
Report Post »Warphead
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:48pmThey were actually twin brothers. Their mother couldn’t tell them apart.You could say that the now, expired brother, was a “dead ringer.”
Report Post »Some_Guy_Online
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:24pmOffice: Its obvious that you’re drunk, why didn’t you just let your passenger drive?
Report Post »Driver: Who? you mean Beernie … He’s dead drunk.
cessna152
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 4:30pmThe lost episode… “Weak-end of Bernie III”
Report Post »NoStar
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:11pmWas the dead guy named Bernie?
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:11pmI guess people are really desperate to be able to use the car pool lane.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:41pmGive this guy a break…. hes just practicing what hes going to do on election day. You know how the dead love to vote for Democrats wink wink.
Report Post »freeweever
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 3:11pmThats awesome lol.
Report Post »Pastor Ray
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:27pmIs it any wonder WHY Northern Ohio help to elect Illegal USUPER Obama to the White House?
Report Post »666Sucks
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:25pmTalk about having one stiff one too many!
Report Post »Uh...yeah
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:27pmSounds like “Weekend at Bernie’s”!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:22pmGive him a break, who hasn’t driven around with a dead guy? You need one to drive in the HOV lane!
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:03pmYes! Who among us!
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 8:05pmTalk about driving around with a dead guy! I had a friend that was a mortician. He‘d think nothing of picking up a date on a return trip to the mortuary from the deceased person’s point of pickup! Funny, I’m not sure he ever got married.
Report Post »bifgroovey
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:17pm“It‘s a dead man’s party…” – Oingo Boingo
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 12:02pmTruth is stranger than fiction because fiction sort of has to make sense and real life doesn’t.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:37amYour average high school senior and just as smart!
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:25amTrooper will never forget that traffic stop!!
Report Post »“Kids, let me tell you the story of when your daddy pulled over a truck with a dead drunk guy and a drunk dead guy in it.”
loriann12
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:26pmWhen I was a dispatcher, I got a call for UFO’s…luckily it was county jurisdiction and I got to pass it along. We also got a call for a haunted house. Yep, this guy will remember that traffic stop forever. (Mine was 16 years ago and I still remember the conversations.)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:24amOkay, I have to admit, after feeling that the Obama admin recognizing the Libyan rebel terrorists as the new and legitimate govenrment in Libya this day could not get any stranger; just got proven wrong once again by events of the day. http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:07amHe needed someone in the passenger seat to be able to drive in the fast lane on the highway. He couldn’t find a mannequin so grabbed this guy.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:18amWeekend at Bernie’s
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:00amChicago voter.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:15amWhich one?
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:57amNo Story, they were coming home after a normal Tea Party meeting.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:05amOr after hanging out with you at your trailer.
Report Post »jdare
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 11:20amMore likely a Union meeting!
Report Post »Fudd the wabbit hunter
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:39pmThat’s really cute the way you rearranged the letters in your handle, thinking no one would notice….troll.
Report Post »bigdog71360
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:50pmWith your mom
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:04pmIt‘s more likely that Monicne lives in his mom’s basement.
Report Post »Brae
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:55amNow that’s drunk!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:49amHe was saving him to vote for Obama 2012.
Report Post »Seeds
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:40amOmg thank you Ohio Troopers.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:40amMaybe the drivers switched places before the officers got to the truck..
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:39amSounds like a normal day in Lima! My husband had to do business there—hated every minute of it!
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:37amHe was dead drunk. His passeger was just dead. Maybe he was dead after being drunk.
Report Post »SlimnRanger
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:54ammaybe the drunk driver just thought his friend was passed out,either way kinda spooky
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