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Subterranean joyride gets driver arrested

Associated Press

  January 20, 2012

A man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence yesterday over allegations that he shut down San Francisco’s subway system for more than two hours after driving his SUV onto the underground tracks, police said. Scott Mitchell, 40, of Sebastapol, Calif., also has been charged with driving on train tracks and failure to obey a traffic sign, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.

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