OHIO – An American hayride operator is facing drink-driving charges after the farm tractor he was driving veered off the road and flipped one of the wagons it was towing, injuring 28 passengers, two of them seriously.
The Ohio state police said Michael Hermes (47) was pulling between 60 and 80 people in two straw-filled wagons late on Saturday night when he drove off the right side of a road, causing the rear wagon to overturn.
Mr Hermes, who was not injured, refused to take a field sobriety test, the police said. He was arrested and booked into the county jail. – (Reuters)
