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Stolen bus runs out of gas on interstate, driver charged

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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -

Troopers arrested a man they say stole a bus in High Point and ran out of gas along Interstate 85 in Charlotte.

Jeffrey Wayne Wardell is charged with possession of stolen property, driving while impaired and driving while licensed revoked, according to the NC Highway Patrol.

The bus was stolen from Grand Central Express in High Point.

Wardell was caught walking down the side of the interstate with a gas can because he ran out of gas.

He put 300 miles on the bus though it was located just 60 miles from where it was stolen.

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