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Pokémon Go player finds drunk driver passed out behind the wheel

Posted at 11:32 AM, Jul 12, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-12 11:41:16-04

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Ottawa County Sheriff’s office is crediting a Pokémon Go player with getting an intoxicated driver off the street.

Captain Mark Bennett tells FOX 17 that a man playing the addictive smartphone-based game found the driver, unconscious, behind the wheel of a vehicle along Beeline Road and Ann Street over the weekend.  The man called police at about 6:00pm Saturday evening.

The female driver was arrested and taken to the hospital for treatment.  She faces criminal charges.