Drunken Driver Clocked at 107 mph on I-77

A Michigan man was arrested at 4:18 a.m. Saturday after clocked his Mercedes Benz zipping along Interstate 77 at 107 mph. Officers said they could smell alcohol after approaching the stopped vehicle.

A Fairlawn officer reported he was running stationary radar on the I-77 northbound entrance ramp from Ridgewood Road when he saw a 1997 Mercedes Benz 500 Series speeding north. Using radar, the officer clocked the vehicle going 107 mph in a 65 mph zone.

The driver was stopped five miles away by a officer. The Fairlawn officer arrived on the scene and said that when he approached the driver, he “smelled a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage from the inside of the vehicle. Defendant had glassy eyes and slurred speech.”

The Detroit man was given a variety of sobriety tests, on which police said he performed poorly. He was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence and taken to the Fairlawn Police Department for processing.

At the station, police administered a breath test that registered a blood-alcohol level of .134. Ohio’s legal limit for operating a motor vehicle is .08.

The 43-year-old was charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, blood alcohol content and speeding; he was released with a summons to appear in court.