Drunk driver went wrong way in roundabout

Repeat offender William John Miller, 54, of Greenfield, who had almost triple legal limit of booze in his system, allowed to serve sentence at home under conditional-sentence order

An upper river valley man found to be drunk at the wheel when he drove the wrong way in a busy Fredericton roundabout last summer will serve his jail time at home.

William John Miller, 54, of Caldwell Road in Greenfield, about 40 kilometres north of Woodstock, pleaded guilty in Fredericton provincial court Tuesday to a charge of having an elevated blood-alcohol level within two hours of driving.

The Victoria Circle roundabout, at the intersection of Smythe and Brunswick streets, and Woodstock Road and Sainte Anne’s Point Drive in Fredericton. (Photo: City of Fredericton video capture)

Crown prosecutor Patricia Gillett said Fredericton police on patrol on Sainte Anne’s Point Drive in the downtown core became aware of a serious traffic violation at the roundabout at the bottom of Smythe Street at 6:23 p.m. on Aug. 16.