BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a drunken driving charge against a diabetic trucker who insisted his erratic driving wasn't caused by alcohol but an emergency medical condition.
The Monroe County prosecutor's office dismissed the driving while intoxicated charge during a Thursday hearing at which 48-year-old Timothy Buselt of Bloomington pleaded guilty to reckless driving. The Herald-Times reports (http://bit.ly/XH1M8B ) Buselt was ordered to pay more than $200 in court courts and public defender fees.
Buselt was arrested in October 2010 after another motorist reported a semi-trailer weaving along State Road 37.
Buselt maintained his erratic driving was caused by an emergency medical condition caused by untreated hyperglycemia that results in weakness, fruity-scented breath and confusion. He says he'd planned to stop at a truck stop but was arrested before he reached it.
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Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com
