Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Suspected drunk driver blames unicorn behind the wheel

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=bizarre&id=5121513

Todays bizarre story comes from Billings, MT. A man told police not to blame him for crashing his truck into a light post, he blamed it on an unicorn that was driving behind the wheel.

"Prosecutor Ingrid Rosenquist said Phillip C. Holliday Jr. initially denied driving the truck involved in the March 7 crash in Billings. He told officers at the scene that a unicorn was driving, she said. "

Holliday who is 42 pleaded not quilty to the drunken driving.

A pickup truck drove through a red light and nearly struck another truck in the intersection, according to court documents. The driver then made an erratic U-turn through a gas station, crossed the street and crashed into a light pole. Nobody was injured.

Holliday has five drunken-driving convictions. District Judge Gregory Todd kept his bail at $100,000 despite his lawyer arguing that Holliday's last such conviction was 14 years ago.

Do you see unicorns when your drunk?

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