A PeeWee hockey coach was forced to call 911 on Monday night after his players, their parents and various other spectators noticed that the games zamboni driver was weaving all over the ice and running into boards.
The zamboni was being driven by a Minnesota man with three drunk-driving convictions on his record and according to on-lookers it was taking him 25 minutes to do his job when ice resurfacing typically only takes 10 minutes.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune by the time police arrived on the scene the 34-year-old driver had managed to park the zamboni in the ice arenas garage and then failed a sobriety test.
In the official police report officers says the coach noticed before the game that the man’s eyes were red and that he smelled like Red Bull. The coach didn’t realize the man was drunk until a parent after the game said the driver was “weaving all over, slurring his words.”
The allegedly drunk zamboni driver was taken by police to the local station to have blood-alcohol testing performed at which time charges are likely to be filed against the man.
Being drunk behind any vehicle is a dangerous act, being drunk behind a multi-ton vehicle that’s driving around on ice is just plain stupid, especially when children are present.
That zamboni pictures above isn’t the one in question but wouldn’t that be ironic.
Do you think after three, now possibly four drunk driving violations that the driver of the zamboni needs to be put behind bars and have his license revoked for life?
