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03/10/2018
Bus Driver Found To Be Nine Times Over Drink Driving Limit
A bus driver has been arrested by gardaí after he was found to be nine times over the legal alcohol limit while driving on the M7 in Co Kildare.
Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped the bus at about 7pm on Tuesday, 02 October. The driver, a man aged in his 60s, was detained at the scene.
There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the arrest.
The man will appear before Naas District Court.
(MH/CM)
Naas Roads Policing Unit stopped the bus at about 7pm on Tuesday, 02 October. The driver, a man aged in his 60s, was detained at the scene.
There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the arrest.
The man will appear before Naas District Court.
(MH/CM)
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