WEST RUTLAND, Vt. — A 61-year-old West Rutland man has been charged with driving under the influence, eluding police and resisting arrest after troopers found him passed out in a vehicle blocking Pleasant Street in West Rutland, the Vermont State Police said.

Troopers from the state police barracks in Rutland were called at about 2:26 a.m. on Nov. 11 to a report of a vehicle blocking the road with its driver passed out, according to the agency.

When troopers woke the driver, he tried to drive away, police said. The vehicle stopped again a short distance down the road, and troopers identified the driver as Ronald Fabian of West Rutland.

Fabian showed several signs of impairment throughout his encounter with troopers, police said. He resisted arrest but was arrested and processed, according to the state police.

Fabian was released with a citation ordering him to appear in court. He is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 30 in Vermont Superior Court, Rutland Criminal Division. The state police said court dates can change.

Police did not describe the signs of impairment troopers said they saw or how Fabian resisted arrest.

The charges are allegations, and Fabian is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty in court.

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