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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Sunnyvale Woman Killed In DUI Crash Friday On Highway 101


Vanessa Daniloff of Sunnyvale, CA was found dead at the scene of a drunk driving accident off of the Lawrence Expressway. Daniloff, along with the other four passengers, tumbled down the off-ramp, finally landing on the roof of the car.

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

South Bend Council’s Henry Davis Charged With Drunk Driving


South Bend’s Henry Davis faces charges for driving while intoxicated. He was found driving the wrong way on the highway a little before 3 a.m. When he was asked how he’d gotten there, he said that he didn’t remember but that he wasn’t drunk.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

9-Year-Old Killed By Alleged Drunk Driver In NW Harris County


A 9-year-old girl was pronounced dead en-route to the hospital after the car her parents were driving was hit by a drunk driver.

Monday, July 28, 2014

30-Year-Old Woman Killed, Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Balch Springs Crash


A drunk driving incident involving a drunk woman and a truck filled with six passengers leaves one of the six in critical condition. The mother of at least some of the children in the truck was the one in critical condition and is now in a Maryland hospital.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

2 Passengers Dead After Drunk Driver Crashes Car Into Naperville Quarry


Two young men were killed in a drunk driving accident in Chicago last week. The driver was the only one involved in the crash that survived. The driver drove off the road, through a chain-linked fence, and into the Centennial Park quarry.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Cop Drags 340-Pound Drunk Driver Off Highway


An Ohio police officer saved the life of a drunk driver the other day, and is being called a hero. The officer pulled over a vehicle for speeding, and before approaching the car the driver got out of the car and began walking into oncoming traffic on I-480.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Drunk Driver Kills Man Working On Roadway, Gets Caught After Fleeing


A recent drunk driving accident results in a construction worker dead on the scene. Officials say that the car came out of its lane, hit the worker, and then hit an empty truck nearby.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Man Arrested After Drunk Hit-And-Run Following Fight At Monona Bar


A drunk driver was seen by police officials to be running over a man’s leg in a parking lot and then drove away; not before hitting two other cars.

The Most Dangerous Cities: DUIs, Deaths And Your Insurance


Do you live in one of the most dangerous cities in the US?

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Detroit Bus Driver Accused of Drunken Driving


A 53-year-old Detroit Department of Transportation bus driver was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk. There was a man and his son on the bus when it crashed into a parked car and then drove away.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Texas Judge Busted For Drunk Driving Pleads For Special Treatment: ‘You Are Going To Ruin My Life’


Texas appeals court judge, Justice Nora Longoria, asked for special treatment after being caught driving drunk. Longoria was pulled over around 1:00 a.m. when she started slurring her words, begging officers to be lenient after admitting she’d consumed five beers that evening.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Drunk Driver Crashes Twice on Long Island With Kid in Car


In Rockville Centre, New York, police state that a female drunk driver crashed her car with a six-year old girl in the vehicle. Once police arrived, they realized that the driver had just gotten into another crash nearby.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Albuquerque Man Arrested 13 Times for Drunk Driving


Late last week, Celestino Centeno of Albuquerque was arrested for the 13th time on drunk driving charges. Local police officers observed Centeno getting into his car and backing up into a curb. He refused to take a breathalyzer or a sobriety test, and was charged with a DWI.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Man Killed By Allegedly Drunk Driver In Queens


Romulo Mejia, 42, slammed into an unidentified victim around 5:00am while driving his Ford down Roosevelt Avenue. Mejia also drove into oncoming traffic after hitting the pedestrian, slammed into a parked car and upended a parking meter before stopping.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

13-Year-Old Girl Killed in Apparent DUI-Related Hit-and-Run


In Virginia, a Nissan Sentra drove through a red light striking a Ford Explorer traveling with four people inside. Two of the passengers, a 13-year-old boy and girl, were thrown from the car upon impact because they were not wearing seatbelts.