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49-Year-Old Lucky To Be Alive
POSTED: 5:59 p.m. EST December 18, 2001
LORAIN, Ohio -- Police are wondering how a Lorain man found drunk behind the wheel survived, as he was more than five times above the legal limit.
NewsChannel5's Jodi Brooks reported that the county coroner and Lorain police said that they've never seen anything like this.
Cloyd Dull (pictured, right), 49, is in jail after his 1989 Plymouth was impounded, an empty 40-ounce King Cobra in the front seat.
Most of the people in the Lorain neighborhood missed the commotion, but not police.
"In my 22 years, the highest that I can remember is probably a .40," said Lt. Richard Resendez.
Police records showed that Dull had a blood alcohol level of .532 percent. The legal driving limit is .10.
Dr. Paul Matus, the Lorain County coroner, was stunned.
"Well, I didn't know if they were talking about a living individual or a person who had expired," he said.
Police said that they found Dull Sunday afternoon in his car, stopped at a neighborhood stop sign, slumped at the wheel. The car was still running and was in drive.
"We're very fortunate that this guy didn't hit somebody, hit something, didn't hurt himself or do any type of damage, that he just passed out behind the wheel," Resendez said.
Dull pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving, no driver's license and no seatbelt.
The judge ordered him to spend the rest of the week in jail, to not drive his Plymouth for six months and to pay nearly $500 in fines.
One Lorain resident offered drivers her own plea.
"If they know they're going to drink, they should stay at home," Debora Cobbs said. "Don't drink and drive."
The judge also ordered Dull to attend two Alcoholic Anonymous meetings a week.
NewsChannel5's Jodi Brooks reported that the county coroner and Lorain police said that they've never seen anything like this.
Cloyd Dull (pictured, right), 49, is in jail after his 1989 Plymouth was impounded, an empty 40-ounce King Cobra in the front seat.
Most of the people in the Lorain neighborhood missed the commotion, but not police.
"In my 22 years, the highest that I can remember is probably a .40," said Lt. Richard Resendez.
Police records showed that Dull had a blood alcohol level of .532 percent. The legal driving limit is .10.
Dr. Paul Matus, the Lorain County coroner, was stunned.
"Well, I didn't know if they were talking about a living individual or a person who had expired," he said.
Police said that they found Dull Sunday afternoon in his car, stopped at a neighborhood stop sign, slumped at the wheel. The car was still running and was in drive.
"We're very fortunate that this guy didn't hit somebody, hit something, didn't hurt himself or do any type of damage, that he just passed out behind the wheel," Resendez said.
Dull pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving, no driver's license and no seatbelt.
The judge ordered him to spend the rest of the week in jail, to not drive his Plymouth for six months and to pay nearly $500 in fines.
One Lorain resident offered drivers her own plea.
"If they know they're going to drink, they should stay at home," Debora Cobbs said. "Don't drink and drive."
The judge also ordered Dull to attend two Alcoholic Anonymous meetings a week.
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