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CT Oil Tank Driver Nabbed For DUI At Six Times Legal Limit, Police Say
A Connecticut oil tanker driver was nabbed allegedly driving high on alcohol or drugs at six times the legal limit while hauling more than 2,000 gallons of fuel oil.
New London County resident Joshua William Blanchette, age 35, of Libson, was charged on Wednesday, July 5 after receiving a call from his employer that he was driving drunk, said the Connecticut State Police.
When troopers arrived where the employer had stopped the tanker truck in the area of 220 Old Hebron Road in Colchester, they ran Blanchette through field sobriety tests, which he failed, and determined that he was un…
