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VIDEO: Florida man faces DUI charges after drunkenly operating excavator, deputies say

Incident happened at scrap yard in Bunnell

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A 62-year-old man faces DUI charges after deputies in Flagler County said he was operating heavy machinery while under the influence.

Deputies said they responded to a scrap yard in Bunnell to reports of a verbal altercation and threats made by a man operating heavy machinery.

According to a social media post by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, deputies observed John Kastner operating an excavator “while his normal faculties were impaired.”

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Kastner was placed under arrest for DUI, deputies said.

No other information was released.

“If you’re drunk, you shouldn’t be behind the wheel... or levers!” the post read in part.


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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.

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