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Santa Claus Nailed For Drunk Driving“Mavbe that's how hevkeeps his red nose,” a California Highway Patrol sergeant said of a man in a Santa Claus suit and white beard arrested for drunk driving during a present-deliverv mission.v“You're not going to believe this, we just arrested Santa Claus.” officer Don Elston told the BarstowCHP office Christmas Eve.One of the presents the Santa was to deliver — a pint bottle of blackberrybrandv — had been un-wrapped and emptied. Two pint bottles of beer also had been partially consumed, the patrol spokesman saidThe man. from Las Vegas, Nev.. was not identified He was given a chemical test for the amount of alcohol in his svstemCustody of the car and responsibility for delivering the remaining presents were turned over to the brother of the arrested manbeencar. the patrol said. The brother was reported to be sober.It was one of 624 drunk driving arrests reported in the state in a 12 hour period Christmas Eve and Christmas morning Five traffic deaths were reported in separate accidents during the period.During the same 12-hour period in 1975. there were eight deaths and 577 drunk driving arrests in the state.In another freeway incident early Christmas morning in Los Angeles, a man suffered serious burns over most of his body when a passing car struck him. igniting the gasoline can he was carrying The patrol said Jesus Olmos suffered second and third degree burns over 85 per cent of his body and was hospitalized in critical condition.The driver of the car anda passenger suffered singed hair from the burning gasoline.
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Vallejo Times Herald
Vallejo, California, US
Sun, Dec 26, 1976
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