Category Archives: Alabama

Mobile: Bicyclist killed in DUI collision | fox10tv.com

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Mobile Police say a man on a bicycle was struck and killed near downtown Saturday night.

A motorist is now in jail facing vehicular homicide and his second DUI charge.

“He ran over him like a dog, drug him right there,” said a woman who witnessed the accident from nearby Ryan Park.

Police say the accident happened just before midnight; in daylight, green paint outlines the grisly scene.

Family and friends identified the victim as 59-year-old Edward Mack. He would have turned 60 in three days.

“He has a daughter in Georgia, he’s not married and he has two grandkids,” said Valerie Bradley.

A witness told FOX10 News, Mack was crossing St.Francis Street on his bike as the suspect’s car sped toward Bayou Street.

“He had the light, but the dude crossing with the bicycle, when he hit him he was speeding because he hit him and rolled him on top of the hood.  Like I said he rolled off the top of the hood man drug him up under the car to that spot where the bloods at,” she said.

Even though Mack was struck within yards of Mobile’s Central Fire Station, by the time police officers and paramedics reached him, it was already too late.

They pronounced him dead at the scene.

Mobile Police arrested 28-year-old Alexander Graf at the scene. He’s charged with vehicular homicide and DUI, his second DUI charge since 2006.

read more here > MPD: Bicyclist killed in DUI accident | Fox10tv.com.

Geneva Township, MI: Woman and two young children dead after head-on with suspected drunk driver | Detroit.cbslocal.com

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A woman and two young children died after the car in which they were riding collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by an Alabama man with a suspended license who told investigators he had been drinking alcohol, authorities said Wednesday. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department says 24-year-old Brittney Renee King, of Bangor, was trapped in the car she was driving following Tuesday night’s crash in Geneva Township. The pickup also collided with another car on the roadway about 50 miles southwest of Grand Rapids before coming to a stop. King died in the crash along with two of her passengers, 2-year-old Kandice Berryhill and 4-year-old Cassadi Berryhill, both of South Haven, the department said.

Huntsville, AL: Motorcyclist killed in possible DUI crash | al.com

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Charges are pending after one man was left dead in a crash involving a car and motorcycle Saturday night.

Investigators with the Huntsville Police Department said a blue 2001 Dodge Ram and a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle collided at the intersection of Highway 53 and Stringfield Road at approximately 9 p.m.

The driver of the motorcycle, 54-year-old Stanley Wade Garner of Harvest, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said the driver of the Dodge, Willie C. McCord, 70, of Huntsville, was uninjured and is suspected of drinking alcohol prior to the accident.

Police took blood and urine samples from McCord at Huntsville Hospital for a toxicology kit. The samples will be sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Science for analysis, according to police.

via Huntsville motorcyclist killed in possible DUI crash | al.com.

Victorville, CA: Man involved in fatal hit-and-run arrested | vvdailypress.com

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Following up on an anonymous tip, California Highway Patrol investigators located and arrested a Victorville man for striking and killing a bicyclist earlier this month, officials said.

Jason Thomas Scott, 26, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the 16400 block of Greentree Boulevard for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony hit and run, said CHP Capt. Todd Sturges.

“We received a tip stating the vehicle was in Victorville,” Sturges said. Investigators arrived at the home and located the damaged vehicle.

Scott was allegedly intoxicated on June 13 when he struck David Epperson of Alabama as the man walked his bicycle along Ridgecrest Road in Spring Valley Lake. Scott reportedly fled the scene, leaving the injured 27-year-old bicyclist in the roadway.

via Man involved in fatal hit-and-run arrested | involved, run, victorville – Victorville Daily Press.

Mobile, AL: Detroit Lions’ Nick Fairley arrested for DUI | usatoday.com

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Nick Fairley is in trouble again. This time, for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and attempting to elude police.

Fairley, the Detroit Lions’ first-round pick a year ago, was arrested for the second time since the beginning of April early this morning by Alabama State Troopers, according to Fox10 in Mobile, Ala.

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Fairley was arrested shortly after 1 a.m. today, according to the report. He was charged with DUI and attempting to elude police, but troopers told the station Fairley also was ticketed for reckless driving, no proof of insurance and having an open container.

He posted $1,750 bond and was released shortly after 9 a.m.

full story here > Lions’ Nick Fairley arrested for DUI in Alabama.

Russellville, AL: DUI suspect escapes through police car window – WSFA.com

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Calin Bulls (Source: Russellville PD)Police captured a man who escaped from a patrol car early Tuesday morning.

Russellville Police say Calin Bulls was taken into custody around 4 a.m. for DUI and placed in a patrol car. While officers were conducting a vehicle inventory, Bulls rolled down a window and took off on foot.

Littleville Police took Bulls into custody around 2 p.m. after a brief foot chase.

He faces escape charges.

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