Tractor-trailer driver drunk behind the wheel, went wrong way on TCH: RCMP

Police say a 43-year-oldman blew three times the legal blood-alcohol limit and his tractor-trailersat facing the wrong way on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Bay Roberts exiton Tuesday morning.

The RCMPsays it was tipped off that the truck was travelling west in the eastbound lane nearSalmonierLine at around 2 a.m.

The man was also driving while his licence was suspended, according to police.

Police from the Holyrood and Whitbourne detachments say they "intercepted" the truckand officers remained on the scene for several hoursthroughout the night and into themorning.

The man has been charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and another licence suspension was issued, too.

He will appear in court in St. John's in February.

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