Our guilty pleasure, another Celebrity DUI - this time the Doughnut King.
Doughnut King dies in De Tomaso
Name: Tim Horton
Claim to Fame: NHL player with the Toronto Maple Leafs (winning 4 Stanley Cups), New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. Founder of Canada's Tim Horton's Doughnut chain.
Date of DUI: 1974
Facts: While driving his white De Tomaso Pantera sports car, (a gift from Sabres' GM George "Punch" Imlach), Tim failed to negotiate a curve in the highway, lost control, hit a cement culvert, and his vehicle flipped and he was thrown from the vehicle (he was not wearing a seat belt). A police officer pursuing Horton's vehicle said that he had been traveling at over 100 mph.
Outcome: Reports were that Tim had consumed a large amount of vodka and was also taking pain killers for an injury. An autopsy report released in 2005 showed Horton had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal limit. The blood test also showed signs of amobarbital.
Did You Know? There are more than 2,723 Tim Horton doughnut stores across Canada, and over 339 locations in the United States.
Source: archives.cbc.ca/sports
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