A 48-year-old Seattle man was arrested for driving under the influence after a toll booth worker at the Bainbridge Ferry Terminal reported a drunk driver who was waiting in line for the boat to Seattle.

The driver was charged in Kitsap County District Court Tuesday, April 21 with DUI, and prosecutors also added three special allegations; two for having two passengers in the car who were under the age of 16, and one allegation for refusing a breath test.

Bainbridge police were called to the Bainbridge ferry landing just after 9:30 p.m. Monday, April 20 after a ferry worker in a ticket booth reported a possible intoxicated driver.

An officer found the driver seated behind the steering wheel of a 1997 Subaru Legacy wagon with the engine running.

When asked if he had been drinking, the driver said “no” but a woman in the front passenger seat said, “Stop lying,” and the man said “yes,” according to court documents.

An officer noted that a half case of open beer bottles were visible on the floorboard of the front passenger side of the Subaru.

The man did not have any identification, and police said the driver’s speech appeared slow and slurred and his eyes were red and watery.

Police also noticed two children in the back seat of the station wagon.

A trooper from the Washington State Patrol arrived a few minutes later and talked to the driver, who had trouble standing, according to a WSP investigation report. The driver was then given a voluntary breath test, and the test came back with a reading of .230.

The driver was arrested and taken to the Kitsap County Jail, where he refused to take another breath test. He was then booked into jail.

The driver was also cited for driving with a suspended license, third degree.

In his report, the state trooper who conducted the investigation requested that the driver also be charged for reckless endangerment for the children in the vehicle, who were 5 and 8 years old.