11-08-2006, 02:56 AM
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 Addicted Truck Driver Caught On Camera
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Every year across the Tri-State, there are thousands of tragic crashes involving drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The chances you could be killed or injured in a crash increase dramatically if the impaired driver is behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound tractor trailer.
In a story you'll see only on Local 12, Rich Jaffe found alert drivers on I-71 recently got a high trucker off the road. It's amazing he hadn't killed anyone.
The ride to jail for Ira Lainhart was a lucky break for lots of people, including this extremely addicted truck driver.
Lainhart was pulled over on I-71 in June after other motorists called to say he was running people off the road. Cruiser cam recorded the DUI stop, and the trooper's conversation.
Todd Bailey, Ohio State Patrol: "You just need to be honest with me, okay, cause you got 80,000 pounds of steel underneath you, and these cars. I don't want to handle a fatal, what are you using to stay awake and drive?"
Ira Lainhart admitted he wasn't trying to stay awake. Instead, he told the trooper that a few hours earlier he'd shot up with morphine.
Todd Bailey: "You shoot morphine? Wow."
Making matters even worse, the veteran trucker admitted shooting morphine regularly for 15 years.
Todd Bailey: "You're under arrest for possession of morphine without a prescription."
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