AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Texas police say a driver for the ride-hailing service Lyft made it about three miles with a passenger before he was pulled over and arrested on a drunken driving charge.
An Austin police affidavit says the driver, Allen Edmonds, was veering into adjacent lanes March 8 before he was pulled over.
His passenger, Alex Grant, told KVUE-TV in Austin that he watched the police officer conduct a sobriety test and that his driver “failed it pretty hard.”
Lyft spokeswoman Alexandra LaManna said in a statement that the company has a zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policy for its drivers and that it doesn’t tolerate behavior that threatens passenger safety.
LaManna says Edmonds no longer drives for Lyft.
A phone listing for Edmonds could not be found.