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SARNIA — A drunken trucker hauling more than 60,000 kilograms of propane with nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system was described in court here as “driving a bomb” down Hwy. 402.

Cody Harlen Jones, 39, of Woodstock pleaded guilty to impaired driving and was sentenced to 90 days in jail for the stunning April 16 offence.

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“He was driving a bomb down the 402 . . . triple the legal limit. A strong message needs to be sent,” said assistant Crown attorney David Nicol.

The truck was towing dual trailers carrying 63,000 kilograms of propane.

At approximately 10 a.m. April 16, a motorist called the OPP about an eastbound truck that was swerving all over the highway in Lambton County’s Warwick Township.

An officer saw the truck swerve from a highway off-ramp to the passing lane. After being stopped, Jones stumbled out of cab swaying back and forth. Jones told an officer his last drink had been at 2 a.m. A half-bottle of whiskey was within Jones’s reach in the cab.