Ex-Viking puffing on crack pipe when arrested

[Champ]

Rhymes arrested for drugs, driving in wrong direction

HASTINGS, Minn. -- Former Vikings receiver George "Buster" Rhymes was arrested after driving the wrong way on a highway this week -- and police say he was still trying to puff on a crack pipe when an officer approached his car.

Rhymes, 42, played for the Vikings from 1985 to 1987.

The Minnesota State Patrol arrested Rhymes late Wednesday after an officer forced his car off of U.S. 52 to avoid a head-on collision with oncoming traffic. He was jailed early Thursday on suspicion of possession of cocaine, drunken driving, and fleeing a police officer.

A concerned driver called police around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday to report seeing a car driving erratically, with a flat tire, that hit a construction barrel. When a trooper caught up with the car, it was headed the wrong way on the highway, Patrol Capt. Jay Swanson said.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1806505

[frylock]

1. that's why you should always pull off the highway..

and find a nice, safe place to smoke your crack.