Lakewood police say a routine welfare check turned into a medical scare early Saturday, when officers pulled an unresponsive driver from a vehicle stopped at the intersection of 20th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard. Medics treated the man on scene, and after a hospital evaluation, he was booked into custody. According to the department, his blood-alcohol content was reported at 0.636.
Lakewood’s account of the stop
In a reel posted by the Lakewood Police Department, officers say they were dispatched on a welfare check after a report of a driver asleep at the wheel. When they arrived, they found the man unresponsive and said repeated attempts to wake him did not work.
According to the department, officers removed the driver from the vehicle so…..