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New Mexico P.I. First to Admit Guilt in Bribe Scheme to Get Drunk Drivers off Hook

A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was the first to plead guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery, according to court records. …

Driver Charged With Killing Gaudreau Brothers Was Drunk: Prosecutor

The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087, above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, …

Drunk Driver Who Killed 4 Crashing Into Nail Salon Was Going 78 mph, Say Prosecutors

The drunk driver who killed four people and injured nine more when he crashed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon was driving 78 mph (125 kph) at the time of the crash, prosecutors said Thursday as the driver …

4 Killed in Yet Another Wrong-Way Highway Crash in Connecticut

A driver going the wrong way on Connecticut’s Merritt Parkway crashed head-on into a minivan early Thursday, killing all four people in the vehicles and closing one side of the highway for nearly seven hours, state police said. State police …

NHTSA Takes Step Toward Requiring New Vehicles to Prevent Impaired or Drunk Driving

U.S. auto safety regulators say they have taken the first step toward requiring devices in vehicles that prevent drunk or impaired driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Tuesday that it is starting the process to put a …

National Drunk Driving Fatalities Surge in 2021

The number of national drunk driving fatalities increased in 2021, according to a new report by online driver education platform Zutobi. In its analysis, Zutobi shared that 13,386 deaths were attributed to drunk driving in 2021, accounting for 31% of …

South Carolina Expands Ignition Interlock Law for Drunk Drivers

South Carolina is expanding the number of drunk driving offenders who must install temporary breathalyzers before taking the wheel. Under the new law, anyone convicted of driving under the influence will have to breathe into a device that confirms no …

Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash

A Connecticut state representative and a wrong-way driver were both over the legal limit for alcohol when they were killed in a highway crash in January, according to government officials and state police. Middletown Democrat Quentin Williams, 39, died in …

Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart

A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road, authorities said. Data retrieved …

Massachusetts High Court Opens 27,000 Drunk Driving Cases to Reconsideration

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that 27,000 people who pled guilty or were convicted of drunk driving from June 1, 2011 to April 18, 2019, are entitled to have their cases reconsidered due to the state police lab’s …