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Houston: Harris County Sergeant killed by suspected drunk driver | abc13.com

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A sergeant with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office was killed early this morning when his vehicle was hit by a suspected drunk driver in north Houston.

It happened on North Shepherd near West Little York at around 3am. Investigators say the sergeant, a 16-year veteran, had just finished a shift and was heading home when the accident happened.

Andres Munos-Munos, 22, was driving a white GMC pick-up ran a red light speeding through the intersection and crashed into the driver’s side door of the deputy’s truck, said Houston Police Department spokesman John Cannon.

“As he pulls into the intersection, he is struck on his driver’s side, T-boned, by a GMC truck that was going at a high rate of speed that ran the red light and struck him full impact,” said an investigator on the scene. “(There were) no skid marks, no attempt to stop at all.”

The deputy was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspected drunk driver suffered only minor injuries. He is in police custody and faces charges of intoxication assault.

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office has not yet released the sergeant’s name.

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Midland, Tex. – Pedestrian dies after being hit by car; driver charged with intoxication manslaughter | Mywesttexas.com

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Stefanie Moore

One woman has died and another was arrested after a hit-and-run pedestrian accident late Friday night in Midland.

Midland police and fire departments responded to the accident at 11:40 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Midkiff Road and Wadley Avenue. A car, driven by 22-year-old Stefanie Moore, of Midland, was traveling south on Midkiff Road when she hit Natalie Hartman, 35, of Midland, who was walking eastbound in the roadway on the south side of the intersection, according to a press release from the city’s public information officer.

Moore fled the scene and Hartman was transported to Midland Memorial Hospital, where she died, according to the release.

read more here > MPD: Pedestrian dies after being hit by car; driver arrested on intoxication manslaughter charges – Mywesttexas.com: Top Stories.

Mesa, Ariz. – Suspected drunk driver allegedly hits, kills man on roadside | myfoxphoenix.com

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Liane Corwin

Liane Corwin

A father of three was killed trying to fix his car after it broke down during rush hour. It happened on the Loop 202 in Mesa. Officers say a drunk driver swerved into him.

42-year-old A. Jay Cotten, a father of three, was killed trying to fix his car on the side of the 202. He thought it would be a quick fix, but seconds later an SUV swerved into him.

Officers say 46-year-old Liane Corwin was driving drunk. She was arrested on a charge of reckless manslaughter, a class two felony.

DPS says her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit as she drove down the 202 during rush hour Thursday night.

read more here > Family mourns man killed by suspected drunk driver.

Missoula – Man charged with hitting 2 sisters on sidewalk, killing 1 | missoulian.com

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A man accused of driving drunk and swerving onto a Missoula sidewalk, killing a woman who was walking there with her sister, is scheduled to appear in Missoula County Justice Court this afternoon.

Tom George Vineyard, 38, faces charges of vehicular homicide while under the influence and negligent vehicular assault resulting in serious bodily injury, both felonies.

Vineyard, whose blood alcohol content was measured at about three times the legal driving limit, is accused of killing Roberta Demmert early this morning, according to charging documents filed by Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jason Marks.

read more here > Missoula man charged with hitting 2 sisters on sidewalk, killing 1.

Myrtle Beach: Man charged with felony DUI in fatal crash | MyrtleBeachOnline.com

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Gabriel Lee Gratto

A Myrtle Beach man was charged with felony driving under the influence in connection with a vehicle crash Wednesday night that killed a woman as she drove along Prestwick Club Drive, according to authorities.

Gabriel Lee Gratto, 28, of Myrtle Beach was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 12:13 a.m. Thursday and is being held there pending a bond hearing, according to jail records.

Gratto is charged with felony DUI in connection with the crash that happened about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on Secondary Highway 394, said Sgt. Bob Beres with the S.C. Highway Patrol.

Joan Errickson, 56, of Myrtle Beach died from multiple traumas she suffered in the crash, Horry County Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler said. An autopsy was performed early Thursday.

read more here > MYRTLE BEACH: Myrtle Beach man charged with felony DUI in fatal crash, woman identified | Crime | MyrtleBeachOnline.com.

Memphis, Tenn. – Mother charged with DUI in wreck leaving 4-year-old son critical | commercialappeal.com

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Mary Cavitch

Mary Cavitch

A 4-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday morning after his mother drove into a utility pole in Cordova Wednesday night, allegedly after drinking half a bottle of vodka.

The children’s mother, 26-year-old Mary Cavitch, has been charged with DUI, vehicular assault, reckless driving, public intoxication and marijuana possession. She is being held in the Shelby County Jail.

The 4-year-old boy in the front passenger seat was taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in critical condition while a 3-year-old girl in the backseat was taken in non-critical condition. The 4-year-old remained in critical condition Thursday morning, hospital officials said.

Cavitch allegedly told police she drank a half-bottle of vodka. Cops also found 10 grams of pot in her purse.

read more here > Mother charged with DUI in Memphis wreck; 4-year-old in critical condition » The Commercial Appeal.

Charlotte, NC – Police: Intoxicated 15-year-old driver kills 1 | abc11.com

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say one person is dead following a wreck in which an underage driver was at the wheel.

Police say Tristan Robert Nichols was killed in the wreck that also injured two other people. They say speed and alcohol contributed to the wreck, which occurred early Sunday morning.

The wreck occurred when the car in a utility pole, shearing the vehicle in two.

Police say the 15-year-old driver faces several charges, including felony death by vehicle.  He was taken to a juvenile detention facility.

The police report said the driver and the other two passengers suffered minor injuries.

Police didn’t give an age or hometown for Nichols.

via Charlotte wreck involving underage driver kills 1 | abc11.com.

Rocky Mount, NC – Mother, son killed; Man charged in fatal crash | WilsonTimes.com

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Driver charged in fatal crash

Stacey Lee Deans

State troopers filed criminal charges against a man accused of drunken driving in a head-on crash that killed a Wilson County woman and her 3-year-old son.

Stacey Lee Deans, 25, of 10827 Camp Charles Road outside Bailey, was charged late Tuesday with two counts of felony death by vehicle and one count of driving while impaired, according to 1st Sgt. M.S. Jones of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Deans veered into oncoming traffic and crashed his 2001 GMC pickup truck into a 1991 Honda sedan on Church Street/U.S. 301 Business south of Rocky Mount Monday night, state troopers said.

The impact killed 21-year-old Lashunaqa Cooper and her son, 3-year-old Jiquel Copeland, both of 521 Bahma Circle in Elm City. Cooper had just finished her first day of work at Domino’s Pizza in Sharpsburg and picked up her son, and she was on her way to an uncle’s home in Rocky Mount, family members said.

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Brooklyn – Passenger dies in alleged drunken driving crash on Williamsburg Bridge | nydailynews.com

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A 21-year-old backseat passenger died when a drunken driver crashed on the Williamsburg Bridge early Monday, police sources said.

Janice Brown, of New Haven, Conn., was in the back seat of a silver 2003 Nissan Altima when driver Ayisha Dobson, 23, oversteered a turn near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway interchange and hit a guardrail on the passenger side about 4 a.m.

Brown was thrown from the car onto the bridge roadway and died at the scene.

read more here > Drunken driving crash kills car’s passenger, 21, on Williamsburg Bridge, cops sources say – NY Daily News.

Frederick, Md. – Homeless Man Dies in Hospital After Being Struck By Alleged Drunk Driver | your4state.com

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The Frederick City Police are continuing an investigation after a homeless man was hit by an alleged drunk driver two weekends ago. They say the case is now being sent to a grand jury.

Cpt. Richard Hetherington with the Frederick Police Department says Ricky Shelton, 59, of Frederick, was sitting on a metal loading dock near the rear of the street when a vehicle driven by Anthony Cilluffo, 25, of Frederick, struck the loading dock, severally injuring Shelton.

“We believe the suspect had been drinking. He admitted as much that he had been drinking prior to the crash,” Hetherington says. “He was given the standardized field sobriety test and based on the results of those tests; we believe that he was at a level above the legal limit.”

Shelton was taken to shock trauma, where he later died this past weekend from his injuries.

read more here > Homeless Man Dies in Hospital After Being Struck By Alleged Drunk Driver.

Hoboken, NJ – 24-year-old man killed during DWI-suspected hit-and-run | NJ.com

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A 22-year-old Bronx man was charged with DWI and death by auto early this morning after he struck and killed a Jersey City man on Patterson Plank Road in Hoboken.

The driver, Luis E. Garcia, 22, of the Bronx was arrested by Hoboken Police just blocks away from the scene of the accident, Hudson County Sheriff Frank Schillari said today.

According to authorities, Garcia was driving on Patterson Plank Road around 3:30 this morning. While driving, Garcia’s car jumped the curb on Patterson Plank Road near Congress Street when he hit the man, 24-year-old Ron Hill II, of Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, authorities said.

read more here > 24-year-old Jersey City man killed during DWI-related hit-and-run in Hoboken, police say | NJ.com.

Wayland, NY – Teen biker found dead in roadway; Apparent hit-and-run victim; Man charged with DWI – dansvilleonline.com

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An 18-year-old Steuben County resident was found dead this morning in Cohocton at a scene “consistent with a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident,” Wayland-based New York State Police reported.

The victim was identified as James T. Mitchell, of 11151 county Route 36, Wayland

Troopers said that at approximately 7:20 a,m., today,  Steuben County 911 dispatched New York State Police to investigate the report of a body laying roadside on county Route 36 in the Town of Cohocton. Responding state troopers located Mitchell, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Troopers said a subsequent investigation lead to the arrest of 26-year-old Kyle A. O’Neal, of 9935 Ward Rd., Wayland, for driving while intoxicated. O’Neal was released to appear in Town of Cohocton Court at a later date.

Further investigation is continuing by the New York State Police and the Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker, who also responded.

Investigators said additional charges are pending.

via Wayland teen killed riding his bike near his home Thursday found Friday; Man charged with DWI – Dansville, NY – Dansville – Genesee Country Express.

Lee Co., Fla. – Woman faces DUI charges in crash that killed motorcyclist | news-press.com

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Donna Lynne Brown

Donna Lynne Brown

A Punta Gorda motorcyclist is dead and an Estero woman is behind bars on DUI charges after a Thursday night crash in south Lee County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Donna Lynne Brown, 54, is being charged with DUI manslaughter and property damage, hit and run with death, DUI and careless driving.

After making a u-turn at Constitution Boulevard, Brown was driving south on U.S. 41 and failed to see a motorcycle ahead of her. She rear-ended Carl Patrick’s motorcycle and dragged it, along with Patrick, for about three miles.

Patrick, 54, was pronounced dead on the scene. Brown was arrested and booked into the Lee County Jail.

read more here > Estero woman faces DUI charges in crash that killed Punta Gorda motorcyclist | The News-Press | news-press.com.

Louisville, Ky. – Grand jury indicts alleged hit-and-run driver for murder | wdrb.com

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Genaro Herrera Hernandez is charged with murder and other offenses after May 1 crash.

Genaro Herrera Hernandez

Police said witnesses talked of Genaro Herrera Hernandez walking away from the scene where his car crashed into a motorcyclist on May 1.  Now, more than a week later, a grand jury has indicted Hernandez for murder and other related charges.

Police said Hernandez was the driver of a car that crossed the center line and struck, head on, a motorcycle carrying two people on May 1.  The driver, identified by the coroner’s office as Phillip C. Frey, 62, of Louisville, later died at University of Louisville hospital.  Frey was not wearing a helmet, police said.

read more here > Grand jury indicts alleged hit-and-run driver for murder – WDRB 41 Louisville – News, Weather, Sports Community.

Mission Viejo, Calif. – Mother of 3 killed in crash with suspected drunk driver | latimes.com

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Ana Martinez ——————–William Carroll

A 36-year-old mother of three school age children was killed Tuesday night when a man suspected of drunk driving collided with her van in Mission Viejo.

Deputies responded to a call at 11:40 p.m. after a black and red Ford 250 truck traveling the wrong way on Santa Margarita Parkway collided head-on with a white Toyota Sienna van, said Jim Amormino, a spokesman with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The driver, identified as William Carroll, 42, of Mission Viejo, attempted to turn onto the southbound lanes of the street, but turned onto the northbound lanes.

He suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Mission Hospital.

The driver of the van, Ana Martinez, 36, of Trabuco Canyon, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Amormino said that Martinez is the mother of three children who range in age from 7 to 14.

Because of the man’s condition, investigators were not able to conduct a field sobriety test, but detected signs of intoxication, including a strong odor of alcohol, Amormino said.

via Woman dies in crash with suspected drunk driver – latimes.com.