Schuylkill driver facing DUI count

A Schuylkill County driver is facing a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) following an incident about 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, along Tumbling Run Road, in North Manheim Township.

State police at Frackviile said Andrew Whalen 25, of Middleport, was stopped for a moving violation. At the stop he was found to be driving under the influence of a controlled substance. He was transported to the Schuylkill Medical Center South for a blood test, however, Whalen refused to submit to the test and will lose his license for a year.

He will be charged with DUI and other summary traffic violations, troopers added.