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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A bus driver for the Wake County Public School System has been suspended after he was charged with driving while intoxicated while off the job.
Local media outlets report that police arrested 63-year-old Donnie Lee Ballentine of Garner on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities say Ballentine admitted he hit an oncoming car while turning into a driveway, then parked his car and went inside a house. That's where police found him.
Police say Ballentine's alcohol breath test was 0.16, twice the legal driving limit in North Carolina.
Wake County schools officials say Ballentine was hired as a driver last year and is now suspended. It wasn't immediately known if he had a lawyer.
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