The driver accused of plowing into a crowd enjoying a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, La., had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit, police said. The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement identifying the …
An engineer is operating trains along the nation’s third-largest commuter railroad even though his driver’s license has been suspended for 10 years because of a history of driving while intoxicated. New Jersey Transit engineer Thomas Broschart’s license was suspended in …
An off-duty firefighter drunkenly drove the wrong way down a one-way suburban avenue, slammed into another car and killed a woman delivering newspapers early Monday, authorities said. White Plains firefighter Erik Refvik was arrested on criminally negligent homicide and driving …
In the hands of a jury, a simple blood test can mean the difference between a drunken driver who is convicted and one who walks free. With the popularity of crime dramas causing what public safety officials call “the CSI …
It’s an unlucky number but officials say he’s lucky no one has been killed. KOB-TV reports an Albuquerque, N.M., man was arrested last week for his 13th drunken driving charge. According to police, an officer saw Celestino Centeno backed his …
Texas troopers will be on the road watching for people driving drunk and other traffic violators during the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. DPS on Monday encouraged travelers to practice safe driving habits and use seat belts. AAA estimates about 3.4 …
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the breath test used in drunken driving cases. Wednesday’s order by the court upholds the use of Alcotest, which replaced the Breathalyzer more than a decade ago. The test has been …
More Houma police patrol officers will be on the roads this month to look for drunken drivers because of a Louisiana Highway Safety Commission grant. Police Chief Todd Duplantis tells The Courier the agency will have about four extra patrol …
Federal accident investigators were weighing a recommendation Tuesday that states reduce their threshold for drunken driving from the current .08 blood alcohol content to .05, a standard that has been shown to substantially reduce highway deaths in other countries. The …
A fire truck was stolen from the Greenwood Township Fire Department in northern Minnesota – and the alleged driver was later arrested for driving while impaired. The Mesabi Daily News reports Sunday that officials with the fire department had gone …