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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Biddeford Bus Driver Placed On Leave After Allegedly Operating Under The Influence
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:24
	Publish Date:		2019-11-04 14:03:48
	Description:		A Maine school bus driver has been placed on administrative leave and faces charges of operating under the influence of drugs after he was stopped while driving the Biddeford High School field hockey back team from a game this weekend. According to Maine State Police Lt. Erik Baker, longtime Biddeford School Department bus driver Richard Tanguay was pulled over about 8 p.m. Saturday night heading south on I-95 with about 30 students and staff on board. Baker says a trooper saw several signs of erratic driving. “That’s when he observed the bus going southbound, exceeding the posted speed limit more than what I would call normal. And he also saw erratic operation of changing lanes, and kind of staying between lanes, I guess, is what we should say,” he says. Baker says the trooper pulled the bus over and asked Tanguay to perform a standard field sobriety test. After a subsequent breath test and an exam from a drug recognition expert, Baker says police determined Tanguay was under the
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