SEYMOUR, Ind. – Indiana State Police (ISP)-Versailles Post troopers took a South Carolina truck driver into custody on Friday for operating a commercial motor vehicle with a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit.
At around noon, a motorist reported observing a tractor-trailer that was driving erratically on southbound I-65 in Bartholomew and Jackson Counties. ISP pulled the semi over near the 54-mile marker, just north of Seymour. During the traffic stop, troopers said they observed that the driver, Mikhail Popov, 62, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, showed signs of being intoxicated.
The suspect was taken to the Seymour Police Department where he submitted to a breath test for intoxication, which allegedly revealed his BAC to be .225%.
Popov was arrested, jailed, and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction, operating while intoxicated-endangerment, and operating with a BAC of .15% or greater.
ISP encourages those who witness unsafe and dangerous driving to call 9-1-1 to report the behavior.
