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Springfield, VA: Underage woman charged with DUI after fatal hit-and-run on I-95 | The Washington Post

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Virginia State Police say a 19-year-old woman was drunk when she struck and killed a pedestrian on the shoulder of Interstate 95 in Springfield.

Carol Rood-Johnson of Woodbridge has been charged with driving under the influence, and police say additional charges are pending.

Virginia State Police Sgt. Jeremy Kaplan says 62-year-old D.C. resident Clarence Alston had pulled onto the shoulder shortly after midnight and was standing next to the vehicle with his hazard lights on when he was struck.

The SUV was later found in Maryland later Saturday morning, and the northbound lanes were closed for several hours.

The state medical examiner’s office is working to identify the victim.

via Woman, 19, charged with DUI after hit-and-run on Interstate 95 in Springfield – The Washington Post.

Wooster, Ark.: 12-year-old dead after alleged hit-and-run DUI | todaysthv.com

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Michael Fowler

Authorities in Faulkner County are still investigating a fatal hit-and-run of a boy in Wooster.

Michael Fowler, 27, of Springfield, was allegedly driving drunk in a 1998 Dodge pickup truck with two people inside at the time of the crash.

The victim has been identified as Garrett Martin, 12. He was driving an ATV at the time of the crash.

Formal charges are expected for Fowler in the coming days, but he was taken into custody on suspicion of DWI and leaving the scene of an accident.

via Michael Fowler allegedly hits, kills Garrett Martin with car in Wooster | todaysthv.com.

Springfield, IL: Driver charged with DUI in fatal crash | sj-r.com

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Quana S. Poole, 22, of Springfield was identified Monday as the woman who died after a two-vehicle collision on Saturday at Ninth and Monroe streets.

Also Monday, the other driver, Alex. L. Robertson, 26, of Waverly, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence. His bond was set at $250,000.

Poole was pronounced dead at 10:42 a.m. Sunday at Memorial Medical Center, according to the Sangamon County coroner’s office. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday.

An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Police said Robertson, driving a white van, ran a red light while driving east on Monroe. The van collided with a northbound blue van driven by Poole. There were no passengers in either vehicle, police said.

via Driver charged with DUI in fatal crash – Springfield, IL – The State Journal-Register.

Dayton, OH: Alcohol suspected a factor in at least 4 area crashes involving motorcycles this weekend – 2 fatal | www.whiotv.com

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Drunk driving is suspected to have played a role in at least four out of five area traffic crashes involving motorcycles this weekend. Two of those crashes resulted in fatalities.

A 25-year-old man from Carlisle was killed Saturday night when he drove his motorcycle off the right side of Greenbush Road in Preble County and hit a utility pole.

The crash occurred at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday just east of Gratis-Jacksonburg Road.

Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Robison  said Derrick Hamilton was wearing sunglasses while riding in the dark and was believed to be intoxicated at the time of the crash. He was not wearing a helmet and an initial coroner’s report indicates that his spinal cord was severed in the crash.

read more here > Drunk driving leads to 4 crashes, 2 fatal | www.whiotv.com.

Battle Creek, MI: 7x DUI suspect jumps 10 grand bail | WOOD TV8

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Shawnee Fyke

It was a late night race through the streets of Springfield in Calhoun County. Fortunately, there weren’t many other vehicles on the road that night, avoiding a tragedy.

When police finally stopped Shawnee Fyke’s car with stop spikes, it became obvious why she fled.

She was drunk.

Audio from the police dash cam video of an exchange between Fyke and one of the arresting officers shows how oblivious Fyke was to the police chase.

Officer: “Why are you not stopping for us?”

Fyke: “Who?”

Officer: “You.”

Fyke: “Stopping?”

Officer: “Yes.”

Fyke: “What are you talking about?”

Fyke was arrested with a blood alcohol level of .20, more than twice the legal limit.

via 7x DUI suspect on the lam | WOOD TV8.

Springfield, MO: Man pleads guilty after DWI crash that killed nurse | News-Leader.com

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A Springfield man pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a drunk driving crash that killed a 55-year-old woman — a hospice nurse once named “Nurse of the Year.”

Prosecutors say Matthew Charles Brannon, 32, entered a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter in the first degree for causing the death of Kathryn Wells on Oct. 16, 2010.

via Springfield man pleads guilty after DWI crash that killed nurse | Springfield News-Leader | News-Leader.com.