He plowed the incorrect snow.
A snowplow driver allegedly instructed police he snorted three “bumps of cocaine” and blacked out moments earlier than barreling throughout a number of properties in Connecticut — forsaking a virtually 500-foot path of destruction.
Mark Keene, 46, allegedly veered far off target throughout a routine snowplowing job in Fairfield, clipping a house’s porch earlier than smashing by way of a stone wall and right into a parked automotive that skids ahead by way of a storage door, in line with wild video footage obtained by Information 12 Connecticut.
The crash happened on Dec. 28 — Keene’s first official day on the job with Bollinger Landscaping, the proprietor instructed the outlet.
Keene allegedly instructed police that he ingested three “bumps of cocaine” someday after he “had a verbal argument along with his girlfriend on the cellphone,” in line with an arrest warrant obtained by the outlet.
The following factor Keene knew, he was “sitting within the plow truck within the driveway the place Fairfield police discovered him,” the warrant stated.
When police arrived, Keene was sitting in his truck and plainly acknowledged he was simply ready for his coworkers to return assist him shovel snow.
He stated he wasn’t injured and claimed he “had no concept that he was simply concerned in a collision,” in line with the warrant.
Keene submitted to a discipline sobriety take a look at after police noticed he “had slurred speech and pinpoint pupils in each eyes.”
However midway by way of the take a look at he all of a sudden “started to foam on the mouth and switch blue.”
Police administered Narcan and rushed Keene to a hospital.
On the way in which, he allegedly fought with first responders and needed to be tied to a stretcher after he bit an officer’s palms and arms, in line with the warrant.
Keene calmed down by the point police interviewed him on the hospital.
Toxicology exams revealed that Keene had cocaine, benzodiazepines and cannabinoids in his system, the warrant stated.
Within the whirlwind video, the driving force of a black pickup truck with a snowplow hitched to the entrance zigzags throughout the entrance garden of a house on Glen Ridge Highway. Whereas the truck was turning, the again finish hit the porch’s fence and destroyed two slats.
One other angle exhibits the truck lastly reaching an precise driveway — at a neighboring residence, and solely after toppling a stone wall separating the properties.
From there, the truck retains on chopping by way of the yard till it reaches one other neighbor’s home.
In some unspecified time in the future, the truck is seen barreling down a plowed highway. The truck careens down the road and slams into the again of a parked automotive, which was pushed ahead by way of a closed storage door, in line with the movies.
Pictures taken within the aftermath of the accident confirmed the automotive the truck propelled into the storage smushed beneath one other an identical automobile. The second automotive, which was parked within the storage in a single day, was pressed up in opposition to the ceiling.
The crash left a 434-foot path of destruction, the warrant stated.
Keene turned himself in on Jan. 8 and posted a $15,000 bond. He was imagined to be in courtroom Tuesday, Jan. 20, however his case was continued to Feb. 25.
He was charged with driving beneath the affect and reckless driving.
Keene couldn’t be reached for remark.
