(FOX40.COM) — A school bus full of children was hit, and a powerline sustained significant damage after an alleged drunk driver crashed into them on Tuesday, according to the Galt Police Department. At around 5:25 p.m., GPD and Cosumnes Fire Department responded to a report of a traffic collision between a school bus and a […]
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Drunk driver sentenced in North Texas crash that killed 9-year-old girl and her parents
A drunk driver received the maximum sentence of 60 years after he pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter in a wrong-way crash that killed a North Texas family of three. Sione Nusi, 49, was convicted of three counts of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years on each count, according to the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s […]
13-year-old calls 911 from car, says mom is ‘drunk and driving recklessly,’ NE cops say
A 13-year-old called 911 to report her mother who was drunk driving, Nebraska authorities said. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about 6 p.m. on May 11 from a girl who said her mother was “drunk and driving recklessly,” Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said in a May 13 news briefing posted to […]
Police arrest Albuquerque man accused of causing fatal crash while drunk
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It was a deadly scene on Coors near Blake on a Wednesday night in late February. One driver was killed, and the other who walked away, was slurring his speech, and avoiding eye contact with deputies. Deputy: “Where were you coming from?”Driver: “Just picking up my brother after work, I think.”Deputy: “Picking […]
California man gave random homeless woman $20 to watch granddaughter while he got drunk, sheriff says
A Northern California man paid a random homeless woman $20 to babysit his granddaughter as he got drunk, touching off a massive law enforcement search for that girl, authorities said. Jason Warren, 54, gave that homeless woman $20 on Monday to take his granddaughter to a thrift store while he went into a nearby bar […]
Bereaved community gathers at crash site-turned candlelight vigil for 3 Baird teens killed by drunk driver
BAIRD, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Hundreds gathered Tuesday evening at a Baird intersection to mourn the loss of 18-year-olds Layni Potter and Madi Buchanan, and 16-year-old Ryan Bilby. That intersection was the very site that the three teens lost their lives just two days earlier when a drunk driver collided with their vehicle. “We’re here to […]
Suspected drunk driver said he had seizure and hit traffic light: Fort Worth police
One person is in jail and the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and University Drive is partially closed after a driver crashed into a traffic light, according to police. The driver of a black Dodge Ram told police he had a seizure before hitting the traffic light pole but officers determined he was driving while intoxicated, […]
Alleged drunk driver crashes into stopped vehicle on I-71 in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (WJW) – An alleged drunk driver has been arrested after slamming into a vehicle that was pulled over to the side of a Cleveland highway near an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper early Tuesday morning. According to a press release from the patrol, a trooper initiated a traffic stop on Interstate 71 North near […]
Suspected drunk driver crashes car and lands ‘vertical in the air,’ Michigan cops say
Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash April 26 around 3:40 a.m., according to a City of Ann Arbor Police Department Facebook post. “The vehicle was vertical in the air,” police said. A 24-year-old woman from Ypsilanti was driving with three passengers when she struck a guy wire attached to a pole, police said. The vehicle […]
Man pleads not guilty to drunk driving manslaughter charges in fatal Christmas night crash
FALL RIVER — Adam Gauthier, formerly of Somerset, accused of killing three family members on Christmas night on the Veterans’ Memorial Bridge in an alleged drunk driving accident, pleaded not guilty to related charges on Wednesday in Bristol County Superior Court. Gauthier, 41, was indicted last month by a Bristol County grand jury on three […]
Woman dies after drunk driver with prior DUI arrests crashes into palm tree
A woman died in a crash caused by a drunk driver she was traveling with, police say. According to preliminary information from the Santa Ana Police Department, multiple calls reporting a single-vehicle collision in the 800 block of South Main Street in Santa Ana came in around 2:08 a.m. Sunday. LASD deputy severely injured in […]
Hundreds run in annual race honoring Pennsylvania state trooper killed by drunk driver
On Saturday, hundreds of people ran in honor of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper killed by a drunk driver. The 15th Annual Takeoff Race remembers Trooper Kenton Iwaniec. The Westmoreland County native was 24 when he was killed by a drunk driver while on the way home from the Avondale Barracks in Chester County. Runners […]