Motorist alerts trooper of impaired driver

CLOVERDALE -- A Missouri man was arrested early Friday morning after another driver reported his erratic driving to Indiana State Police.

At 1:35 a.m., Trooper David E. Cox Jr. was patrolling Interstate 70 in Putnam County, when he was alerted by police dispatch to a possible impaired driver eastbound near the 43-mile marker.

Cox spotted the brown 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada driving erratically in the eastbound lanes near the 48-mile marker. After stopping the vehicle and conversing with the driver, Cox noticed several indicators of possible alcohol impairment.

The driver, 58-year-old Kimmy E. Gable, was given a roadside field sobriety test and failed. A subsequent certified breath test at the Putnam County Jail revealed the driver was .13 percent BAC.

Gable was incarcerated in the Putnam County Jail on charges of Operating While Intoxicated.

Trooper Cox was assisted by Trooper Jonathan Cumbie.

The Indiana State Police reminds motorists to dial 911 to report dangerous and impaired driving.