Drunk Driver Mistakes Kennewick Irrigation Canal for Roadway

Early Sunday morning, Kennewick Police responded to a bizarre case of water 'driving.'

    Officers head to main irrigation canal on 19th Ave.

Shortly after midnight, Police got a call from a witness, who spotted a man in a pickup driving through the canal in the 3300 block of West 19th.  He was not trying to cross it, but was driving it slowly like a road.

When Officers arrived the truck was not moving and the man was still inside the cab, with water up to the running boards.

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He was contacted and arrested for suspicion of DUI.  The truck was safely removed.  In about 2 weeks, that and of canals will be empty in the region.

Police didn't say if the man was doing it for fun, or accidentally drove in and was trying to find a way out.