Accident articles related to Drunk Driving
A San Jose resident suspected of driving under the influence suffered major injuries after driving a truck off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean early Sunday, authorities said. The 50 year San Jose resident sustained major injuries as a result of the crash and was later arrested for DUI.
A motorcyclist in his 40s was killed when he was hit head-on by a driver going the wrong way on the I-69 Southwest Freeway in Houston. The driver, who may have been intoxicated, collided with the motorcycle and both vehicles caught on fire. The driver of the SUV is cooperating with investigators and may be charged with intoxication manslaughter.
Gelvy Ortiz, an 18-year-old California teenager, became an amputee and remains hospitalized after a suspected drunk driver crashed into him while he was sitting at a bus stop in Santa Monica on June 2, 2023.
Indiana State Representative Jim Lucas was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his truck through two guardrails. Lucas reportedly had the smell of alcohol on his breath and faces two counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and one count of leaving the scene of a crash.
A Texas state trooper was hit by a vehicle and ended up pinned in between cars while assisting a drunk driver stuck in the middle of I-10. The driver who crashed into the officer died. The trooper sustained lacerations to his face.
Two people are dead and one was left badly injured after a wrong way crash on I-75 in Flint Township. The crash killed a 24-year-old Flushing woman and a 31-year-old Mundy Township man, and left a 27-year-old Flushing resident in critical condition. Flint Township Police believe the wrong way driver had been drinking.
Jacob Agee, 40, has been charged with causing death while operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he reportedly ran a red light and collided with a Honda Civic, killing the 32-year-old driver. Agee was driving at speeds of over 70 miles per hour and had a blood alcohol content of .18 percent.
Two Westmoore High School seniors, Kaleb Newport and Nathan Nguyen, died in a car crash in Oklahoma City. The car ran off the road and hit a tree head-on. Newport and Nguyen were both just weeks away from graduating.