PEMBROKE – A 45-year-old Darien Center man was arrested on drunken driving charges by state troopers after he was reportedly observed driving around the crossing gates at the Colby Road railroad crossing in Pembroke, driving across the tracks and narrowly missing being struck by a Amtrak train. Scott R. Merrill was charged with driving while intoxicated and ticketed for vehicle and traffic infractions and ordered to appear next Tuesday in Pembroke Town Court.
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