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#drunk-driving

Driver in fatal Gowanus Expressway ramp crash charged with drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter * Brooklyn Paper

A 23-year-old man was hit with drunk driving and vehicular manslaughter charges Friday after a fatal crash at the entrance to the Gowanus Expressway in Bay Ridge earlier that morning.

Brooklyn, NY Patch

Off-Duty Police Officer Arrested For Drunk Driving In Brooklyn: NYPD

Off-duty NYPD officer arrested on drunk driving charges in Brooklyn. [ more ]

BKReader

Suspected Drunk Driver Plows Into Vehicles, Injures 15 in Brooklyn

Alleged drunk driver caused multiple injuries in Brooklyn crash.

Incident occurred at Livonia Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue. [ more ]

QNS.com

Brooklyn man charged with manslaughter, DWI, for Astoria collision that killed his wife: DA - QNS.com

Details of a fatal crash in Astoria involving a drunk driver who fled the scene have emerged.

The driver, Rey Perez, was unlicensed and faced charges including manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter. [ more ]

Brooklyn Paper

3 months ago

Alleged drunk driver charged for fatally striking pedestrian in Canarsie: NYPD * Brooklyn Paper

A Canarsie man was critically injured and later died after being struck by a drunk driver in Brooklyn

The driver had a blood alcohol content of 0.8% and was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

Delaware Man Charged With D.U.I. After Crashing Into Biden's Motorcade

A man crashed into a Secret Service vehicle protecting President Biden's motorcade and was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

No one was injured in the accident and the driver was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and inattentive driving. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

US politics

Delaware Man Charged With D.U.I. After Crashing Into Biden's Motorcade

A man crashed into a Secret Service vehicle protecting President Biden's motorcade and was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

No one was injured in the accident and the driver was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and inattentive driving. [ more ]

Chicago Tribune

Education

Wauconda High School teacher killed in head-on collision

A Wauconda teacher was killed in a car accident in Wheeling.

The accident occurred when the teacher's car was struck head-on by a motorist who may have been driving drunk. [ more ]

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Streetsblog San Francisco

Commentary: Bay Area DAs Complicit in Anti-Cyclist Attacks

Prosecutors declared it open season on cyclists; nobody should be surprised at the horrifying results

A passerby leaves flowers in 2021 at the location where Wilma Chan was walking her dog in a crosswalk when a driver slammed into her.No charges were pressed against the driver.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick
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Streetsblog San Francisco

Jeffrey Tumlin Stereotypes Cyclists, Fans Anti-bike Hate

SFMTA director talks about civility, even as he stereotypes people on bikes and pours gasoline on anti-cyclist fervor

SFMTA's Jeffrey Tumlin at Sunday Streets Valencia last summer.He said the street would see improvements by the end of 2022.Photo: Streetsblog/Rudick
Definition of stereotype, noun: 1) a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Brooklyn Paper

Man sentenced for fatal drunk driving crash on Gowanus Expressway * Brooklyn Paper

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A man will spend years behind bars after drunkenly crashing his car on the Gowanus Expressway and killing the passenger sitting in the front seat.Mark Dookhan, a 32-year-old Staten Island resident, was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully after he pled guilty to second-degree manslaughter in December.

www.independent.co.uk

France news

Indian court grants extradition for Australia murder suspect

A court in New Delhi on Tuesday approved an extradition request for the prime suspect in the killing of a woman on an Australian beach four years ago.Rajwinder Singh, who is of Indian origin, was arrested in November on the outskirts of the Indian capital.His arrest came three weeks after he was targeted with a 1 million Australian dollar ($677,000) reward.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

All-civilian discipline panels are more lenient with LAPD officers, report finds

Los Angeles Police Department officials said Tuesday that they will ask the City Council to reconsider a rule that allows officers accused of serious misconduct to have civilians decide their discipline - after a report found they routinely hand down lenient punishments.The lighter discipline issued by all-civilian hearing panels undercuts Chief Michel Moore's ability to run the LAPD and to hold officers accountable when they are found to have committed major offenses such as lying, according to the report by the LAPD's inspector general, Mark Smith.

Streetsblog USA

Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has been in effect for a full year, but federal transportation officials still haven't implemented some of its most crucial safety provisions - and advocates and electeds say its time they step up to stem the record-setting tide of traffic deaths on U.S. roads
On Tuesday, a coalition of 10 Democratic Senators led by Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

Streetsblog USA

Cars

Senators Urge Regulators to 'Put the Pedal to the Metal' On Vehicle Safety Standards

Ars Technica

Cars

NTSB wants alcohol detection systems installed in all new cars in US

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday recommended that all new vehicles be equipped with alcohol detection systems that can stop people from driving when drunk.

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Boston.com

3 weeks ago

Boston

Police: Alleged drunk driver drove wrong way on I-93 from Mass. border to Londonderry, N.H.

Driving the wrong way on a highway has severe consequences. [ more ]

New York Post

New York City

Drunk, high driver who killed 9-year-old in 119-mph crash sentenced

Drunk and drug-impaired driving can have fatal consequences in communities.

The defendant, Travis Dickson, was sentenced to up to 13.5 years in prison for causing the death of a 9-year-old boy. [ more ]

New York Post

New York City

NJ cop slams own police chief onto car hood after boss shows up drunk to accident scene: video

Chief suspended after altercation with officer

Allegations of Chief showing up drunk at accident scene [ more ]

www.newsshopper.co.uk

London

Driver who killed couple 'twerking' in back of car in Battersea jailed

Drunk driving tragedy in London led to two fatalities and serious injuries.

Legal consequences for the driver included guilt for causing death and injury by dangerous driving. [ more ]

www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

5 months ago

London

Drink driving suspect arrested after car crashes into wall in south London

A man has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after a car crashed into a wall in Battersea.

The 18-year-old driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. [ more ]

New York Post

New York Mets

Ex-Mets pitcher Chasen Bradford arrested on DUI charge day after graduating from police academy

Former Mets pitcher arrested for drunk driving as a new Nevada police officer.

Bradford was fired by Henderson Police Department after being arrested for driving under the influence. [ more ]

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Drunk father and son plough car through corn fields moments before killing woman

Drunk father and son in stolen Land Rover kill woman in crash. They were four times over the drink-drive limit, resulting in a 14-year jail sentence. [ more ]

Miami Herald

Miami

Miami-Dade officer was drunk when he drew his gun after crashing into police car: cops

Officer Montalvo was drunk when he crashed into a parked police car and drew his gun.

He was charged with DUI, causing property damage, and potentially using a firearm while under the influence. [ more ]

Sacramento Bee

California

Three women leaving baby shower die in crash with accused drunk driver, CA cops say

Three women died in a collision caused by an accused drunk driver in Pomona, California.

The crash resulted in the death of a woman who was in the process of adopting her 11-year-old nephew. [ more ]

Sacramento Bee

3 months ago

California

Driver convicted of 3 DUIs pleads guilty in pregnant woman's death, CA officials say

A repeat DUI driver pleaded guilty to murder after fatally hitting a pregnant woman, whose child was delivered via cesarean section, California prosecutors say.

Courtney Fritz Pandolfi pleaded guilty to murder and other charges before her trial was set to start, sparing the victim's family from the pain of a trial. [ more ]

Sacramento Bee

3 months ago

California

Dad of 7 was killed in hit-and-run on California freeway, cops say. Ex-deputy sentenced

A man was killed in a hit-and-run incident while filling up his car's gas tank on the shoulder of a California freeway.

The driver responsible for the hit-and-run was a former Texas deputy who was under the influence of alcohol. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

US news

Delaware Man Charged With D.U.I. After Crashing Into Biden's Motorcade

A man crashed into a Secret Service vehicle protecting President Biden's motorcade and was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

No one was injured in the accident and the driver was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and inattentive driving. [ more ]

New York Post

Black Lives Matter

Montana woman busted for 'repeatedly' driving car into black Hebrew protest

A 55-year-old woman in Montana was charged with drunk driving and felony assault after driving her car into a demonstration by a black Hebrew group.

The motive behind the attack is still unclear, but it appears that something said by the group may have prompted the woman to act. [ more ]

Streetsblog

5 months ago

Driver Who Killed Ethan Boyes Indicted - Streetsblog San Francisco

Arnold Kinman Low has been indicted for drunk driving and killing a cyclist in San Francisco

The case highlights the need for physically protected bike lanes to prevent such tragedies [ more ]

www.npr.org

11 months ago

Law

A year after Uvalde, lawsuits will test firearms industry's immunity protections

The Zamora family is one of many impacted by the Uvalde school shooting.Their daughter Mayah was shot and survived.Now the family is one of two suing the gun maker Daniel Defense.Courtesy: Romanucci & Blandin, LLC May 24th, 2022 was awards day at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Fourth grader Mayah Zamora won three of them in math, robotics, and for making the honor roll.

www.npr.org

Law

Leading Hollywood directors, writers and producers sign a pledge about onscreen guns

TV writer and producer Shonda Rhimes, seen in 2019.

Portland Mercury

11 months ago

Portland

THE TRASH REPORT: In Honor of Short Kings. Plus: Ingenius Legal Defense Strategies, Bears in Portland, and Portland in Song

Hello, my sweet baby Trash Pandas!If nobody has told you yet today, you are a darling goblin whose mere existence dramatically increases global average human sexiness by several points, and I cherish you.Welcome to my column, The Trash Report, where I will try (and probably fail) to deserve your time with the rottenest gossip I could find here on Al Gore's internet.

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

11 months ago

Washington DC

DC Is Home to America's Best Drivers. Wait, What? - Washingtonian

It's official: when it comes to the best drivers, DC is No. 1. That's according to a new study from Forbes Advisor, which compared driving data from fatal car accidents to determine the states with the worst drivers.The District came in last.Forbes compared all 50 states and DC across six categories.

Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.

Washington DC

Free Metro Rides Are Coming to DC on New Year's Eve - Washingtonian

News & Politics | Transportation
WMATA and others are providing free transportation home on December 31.Here's how to stay safe.For the first time since December 2016, WMATA will be sending riders into the new year with free trips on Metrorail and Metrobus.All rides on both services will be free after 8 PM in an effort to provide safe alternatives to drinking and driving on one of the most notorious nights for drunk driving-related fatalities.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

California lawmaker Dave Min arrested on drunk driving charge

(Eugene Garcia / Associated Press)

California state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for Congress next year in a competitive Orange County district, was released from Sacramento County jail Wednesday, according to Sacramento Sheriff's Department records.Min said in a social media post that he was cited with drunk driving.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

LAPD tells officers to celebrate responsibly after seven are arrested in DUI cases

After the arrests of seven Los Angeles police officers on suspicion of drunk driving in recent days, LAPD officials are cautioning cops not to make the same mistake.In a department-wide bulletin, LAPD brass wrote that half of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence had a blood-alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit, and that several of the incidents resulted in crashes with injuries.

www.kvue.com

Education

College students take part in TxDOT campaign to end drunk driving

AUSTIN, Texas College students across Texas are joining an effort to end drunk driving incidents.Students are partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) "Drive Sober.No Regrets" spring break drunk driving prevention campaign.The message of the campaign is to remind everyone, including college students celebrating spring break, to find a sober ride home.

Austin Monitor

Austin

Environmental groups, neighbors rally against proposed concert venue - Austin Monitor

Wednesday, December 21, 2022 by Jonathan Lee
A coalition of environmental groups last week announced its opposition to a proposed 5,000-seat concert venue at 14820 Fitzhugh Road, near Dripping Springs.The coalition, Stop Fitzhugh Concert Venue , says it's concerned about negative impacts the venue might bring to Barton Creek, as well as increased traffic on narrow country roads, drunk driving, and noise and light pollution members say would disrupt neighbors and harm wildlife.

Bavarian Football Works

Bayern Munich

Report: Bayern Munich star Benjamin Pavard caught for drunk driving

This is not okay.According to a report by Bild, Bayern Munich star Benjamin Pavard was caught by Munich police for driving under the influence of alcohol around six weeks ago.The Frenchman allegedly had a blood alcohol level over 0.08, and currently no longer drives himself to training.It is unknown what the punishment for the player ended up being, but two days after the incident, Pavard was summoned to Hasan Salihamidzic's office and given a hefty fine in the "high-five digit" range.

www.cbc.ca

Toronto

Pot smokers get outdoor 'Cannabis Carnival' at Exhibition Place | CBC News

At Grand Bizarre, customers can swim, eat, drink, mingle and now, if they fancy, stroll around the corner and smoke cannabis in a restricted area.

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Left-wing politics

Amy Berman Jackson Gets a Two-Page Footnote in for the Appeal of Carl Nichols - emptywheel

DOJ announced its long-awaited appeal of Carl Nichols' ruling rejecting DOJ's application of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) to January 6 today (he has granted three motions to dismiss the charge, and DOJ is appealing all three).

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