http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_fe_st/odd_boom_lift_getaway]Police arrest man driving boom lift at 3 a.m. (AP) [/URL]



AP - Police knew something wasn't quite right after they spotted a man driving a piece of construction lift equipment down a street at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The man, who appparently had been drinking, was in the lift bucket of the Genie Boom with an unopened six-pack of beer and a bag of beef jerky when police pulled the vehicle over. He was clocked at 2 mph.