text: KEYSTONE, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia Department of Transportation worker faces charges of driving a state snow plow while drunk. 
   
   The McDowell County Sheriff's Department says Thomas Keith Henderson of Elkhorn was arrested late Wednesday during a traffic stop on Burke Mountain near Keystone. 
   
   A criminal complaint says Deputy R.L. Jones stopped the snow plow because the driver's side headlight was out. The deputy smelled alcohol and saw that Jones' eyes were bloodshot and glassy. 
   
   The sheriff's department says Henderson's blood alcohol level was 0.09. That's more than twice the 0.04 legal limit for commercial driver's license holders. 
   
   DOT spokeswoman Carrie Bly confirmed Henderson is employed by the department. She says the DOT can't comment because it's an ongoing legal matter. 
   
   A telephone listing for Henderson in the Elkhorn area couldn't be found. ||||| McDowell County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a snow plow driver on Wednesday night on charges of drunken driving. 
   
   A deputy pulled over the West Virginia Division of Highways snow plow at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 29. The plow was on Route 6 at the top of Burke Mountain near Keystone at the time. According to the criminal complaint, the truck had a headlight that was not working. The deputy said when he spoke with the driver, Thomas Keith Henderson, he could smell alcohol on Henderson's breath. Henderson then was given a field sobriety test, which deputies said he failed. 
   
   
   
   Henderson, 56, of Elkhorn was arrested and charged with DUI (CDL) and Defective Equipment. At the Welch Police Department, Henderson was given a breathalyzer test which registered his Blood Alcohol Content at .090. Deputies said that the legal limit for CDL operators is .04. That is half the legal limit for a standard drivers license, which is .08. 
   
   Henderson was taken to the McDowell County holding unit. He was arraigned Thursday, Jan. 30. He was released on a $500 bond.
target: – DUI charges are bad enough. DUI charges while driving a state snow plow are liable to make a few headlines. That's the predicament for 56-year-old Thomas Henderson of West Virginia, who got pulled over by a deputy atop a mountain late one night this week, reports WOWK-TV. The deputy stopped the plow because one of its headlights was out, but then he smelled alcohol. Henderson failed a field sobriety test, then blew a .09, which is above the state's regular limit of .08, let alone the stricter limit of .04 for commercial drivers, notes AP.