Pickled in Providence

(Providence, Rhode Island) A 34-year-old local man, Stanley Kobierowski, might qualify as a medical miracle. After crashing his car, Kobierowski gave state troopers a jaw-dropping moment.

He tested at the scene with a blood-alcohol level of .489 and then .491. Kobierowski was released on personal recognizance after a bail hearing and will face another hearing Friday on charges of drunken driving and resisting arrest. [...]

Kobierowski spent most of yesterday at Rhode Island Hospital’s detoxification unit. The police said they had to delay his arraignment until late in the afternoon largely because the hospital would not allow him out of its care until his blood alcohol had dropped below the legal limit of .08.

When he arrived at the hearing at the state police barracks in Lincoln at about 4:45 p.m., he was wearing khaki shorts, a sweatshirt and a bandage on his chin. He was trembling slightly.

Two experts on detoxification and alcohol detection said later that in many ways, Kobierowski is lucky to be alive.

Furthermore, if he keeps processing enormous amounts of alcohol, he's going to blow out his liver. Someone should have taken this guy's keys.

Tip: slwlion