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Zamboni driver in Apple Valley accused of being drunk while resurfacing iceArticle by: Star Tribune Updated: January 31, 2012 - 3:25 PM


. Apple Valley police arrested a 34-year-old man Monday night for driving while intoxicated. His vehicle of choice? A Zamboni.

Officers were called to the Hayes ice arena shortly after 8 p.m. after people there noticed that a part-time employee who was grooming the ice with a Zamboni was driving erratically. When police arrived, the man was struggling to maneuver the ice-grooming machine off the ice. The man was unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol, according to a news release.

He failed field sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to police headquarters for a blood-alcohol test. Test results have been sent to the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for analysis, the news release said.

The man, who has not yet been charged, was convicted of drunken driving once in 2002 and twice in 1999, according to state records.