Man charged with OUI drugs after found passed out behind the wheel

There have been at least four people arrested for OUI of drugs in New Bedford since Sunday.

A Dartmouth man was charged with OUI drugs, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and operating after revocation of license for being a habitual traffic offender after he was found passed out in a vehicle Friday morning at 11:41 a.m in the 400 block of Hawthorn Street in New Bedford.

The 27-year old man was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital. A 28-year-old Dartmouth woman in the same vehicle also appeared to be under the influence of drugs and was also transported to St. Luke’s Hospital.