Tag: Drunk Driving: Page 5

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Half-Naked Ark. Woman Tried to Flee DUI Scene On Toy Truck

Jamie Jeanette Craft, 29, tried to drive a child's battery-powered truck, after slamming her 2001 Pontiac Grand Am into a mobile home in Jonesboro, Ark.

March 5, 2013

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Video: DUI Teen Strikes Fla. Trooper

A Florida trooper arrested a University of Central Florida student who fled after she struck him while driving drunk. Gina Garcia-Ronquillo, 18, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and DUI property damage.

February 25, 2013

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DUI Teen Strikes Fla. Trooper

A Florida trooper used a PIT Maneuver to stop an 18-year-old hit-and-run driver who had struck a trooper's while driving with a .14 blood-alcohol level. Read the full story here.

February 25, 2013

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W.Va. Man Sentenced In Deputy's Death

A West Virginia man will spend at least 25 years in state prison for drunkenly slamming into a sheriff's deputy during an interstate police chase that ended on I-79 at Mount Morris last February.

February 19, 2013

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Drunk Driver Causes 15 Wrecks In Two Ga. Counties

Michael O. Snider was driving a Ford F-250 during the hit-and-run rampage in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties that killed one person and critically injured another.

January 23, 2013

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Texas Cops Arresting DWI Suspect Struck by Intoxicated Driver

Two Carrolton (Texas) Police officers were injured when a drunk-driving suspect struck their patrol vehicle during an arrest of a suspected drunk driver early Sunday.

January 20, 2013

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Warrantless DUI Tests Head To Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices showed unease Wednesday about letting police without a search warrant draw a blood sample from an unwilling drunken-driving suspect, but they also expressed sympathy for the urgency faced by officers in such traffic stops.

January 9, 2013

Training

Maine Sgt. Reported To Work Drunk

A Maine State Police sergeant summoned in late June for operating her state police cruiser while under the influence of alcohol acknowledged Monday that she has a problem with alcohol and is getting the help she needs.

November 26, 2012

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Calif. DUI Suspect Drove 2 Miles with Dying Man Stuck In Windshield

The operator of a sober living home allegedly struck a Torrance pedestrian while twice the legal limit and continued to drive drunk for about two miles before her arrest.

November 25, 2012

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Report: More Californians Driving Drugged Than Drunk

A survey of drivers by the California Office of Traffic Safety found that 14% tested positive for impairing drugs (both illegal and prescription), while 7.3% tested positive for alcohol. Of the drugs, marijuana was the most prevalent at 7.4% of drivers.

November 19, 2012

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Video: Deputy Rescues Driver In Head-On Crash

Clay County (Minn.) Sheriff's deputies rescued three people from their vehicles after a head-on collision north of Morehead on Wednesday evening. Deputy Mark Empting used a pry bar to get a trapped 25-year-old driver out of her car.

October 11, 2012

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Deputy Rescues Driver In Head-On Crash

Clay County (Minn.) Sheriff's deputies rescued three people from their vehicles after a head-on collision north of Morehead on Wednesday evening. Deputy Mark Empting used a prybar to get a trapped 25-year-old driver out of her car. Read the full story here.

October 11, 2012