Man Passes Out While Driving Near Elementary School, Police Say

A Milwaukee man whose driving privileges had been suspended is accused of driving while under the influence of drugs and passing out just a few blocks away from Glenwood Elementary School over the weekend.

Police say they found the man passed out with his car running in the 3500 block of South 53rd Street – two blocks away from the school – at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, according to the Greenfield Police Department report.

After an officer woke the man, the man told the officer he had gotten into a fight with his girlfriend over the couple’s child. He told the officer he had taken two Excedrin for a headache and was tired. While speaking with the officer, the man turned the engine off.

The man failed two field sobriety tests – the walk-and-turn and one-legged stand tests – and was arrested for being under the influence of an intoxicant. Shortly after he was placed in the squad car, the man passed out again, according to police.

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The witness who originally called police said the man’s vehicle was stopped in the middle of the intersection of South 51st Street and West Crawford Avenue. He told police the man had his head down on the steering wheel and “looked dead.” Another witness woke the man, and he drove off before pulling off to the side of the road and passing out again.

If convicted it would be the man’s third offense.