No course for a horse: Man rides onto California freeway
This early Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, photo released by the California Highwat Patrol (CHP) shows a horse rider being arrested after failing a field sobriety test by CHP officers for DUI in a freeway Long Beach, Calif. Authorities say the drunken man made his way onto a California freeway while atop the horse. (California Highway Patrol, Santa Fe Springs via AP)
In this early Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, photo released by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), an unidentified CHP officer, administers a field sobriety test to a rider who made his way with a white horse onto the eastbound California State Route 91 around 1 a.m., on Saturday. The rider registered a blood-alcohol level of .21 and .19 percent or more than double the legal limit. The man was arrested and booked for riding a horse while under the influence. (California Highway Patrol, Santa Fe Springs via AP)
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a drunken man rode his horse onto a California freeway.
Los Angeles news station KABC-TV reports that the California Highway Patrol stopped the man early Saturday on State Route 91 in Long Beach.
Officers administered field sobriety tests, which registered blood-alcohol levels of 0.21 percent and 0.19 percent — more than double the legal limit.
The man was arrested and booked for riding a horse while under the influence. The white horse, Guera, wasn't hurt and was released to the man's mother.
The California Highway Patrol offered a message to the public on Twitter: "No, you may not ride your horse on the freeway, and certainly not while intoxicated."
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Information from: KABC-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/
