Duluth officer realized an erratic driver needed sugar, not handcuffs

A Duluth officer who pulled over a swerving SUV expecting a drunk driver instead found a man on his way home from dialysis with his blood sugar crashing, body camera video shows.

A driver following the SUV north on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard called 911 around 2 p.m. on Oct. 12 to report it driving erratically past Pleasant Hill Road.

The officer caught up with the SUV farther north, near River Mill Drive. When he turned on his lights, the SUV hit the curb…

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