Kent Police arrested a 48-year-old man for investigation of DUI after a 911 caller reported a car stopped in the roadway, with the engine running and the driver apparently passed out.

An officer responded at about 2:17 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 to a welfare check in the 22400 block of 88th Avenue South, according to a Dec. 11 Kent Police Facebook post.

The officer noted that the vehicle was now turned off, however it was still blocking the roadway just after a sharp curve, according to police. The driver was passed out but was breathing. Additional officers arrived and placed their patrol cars to pin the suspect vehicle in place.

“It is not uncommon for drivers who are intoxicated and passed out to startle when we wake them,” according to a police statement. “Some decide to try to drive off

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