August 30, 2008 Bus Driver Arrested For DUI While Driving With Passengers

As if there are not enough headlines on this site about people driving under the influence, people seem to just not be getting it. The driver has TWO, YES TWO, previous convictions for the same charge. He sideswiped a tree and allegedly had an open container of alcohol when police pulled him over. He blew a .18 over two times the legal limit.

August 19, 2008 Georgia man gets fifth DUI with .47 blood alcohol level

37-year-old Mark Douglas is charged with his fifth DUI. Apparently he just doesn't learn from his mistakes.

July 22, 2008 R.I. police say man had .491 blood alcohol level

As if we didn't have enough stories about DUI's, DWI's, deaths, and accidents. This latest story about a man who crashed his car into into a highway message board on I-95. His blood alcohol level was SIX TIMES the legal limit. He obviously had blacked out and had no idea he was even driving. It is amazing that he didn't kill someone else, himself, or die from alcohol poisoning. 34-year-old Stanley Kobierowski was arrested and charged appropriately.

Deadly DUI Gets Woman Murder Charge in Alabama

A woman has been charged with murder for causing a multi-car pileup while intoxicated. Mickey Sheffield was driving the wrong way on an Alabama highway when she hit another vehicle, which then ricocheted off a semi truck and landed on the motorcycle on which the victim was a passenger. Several others were injured in the accident. (from duifyi.com)

Leyritz charged following accident that killed 30-year-old woman

Former Major League Baseball player Jim Leyritz was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and killing another driver after his vehicle crashed into hers.

Leyritz faces charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI property damage, said Detective Kathy Collins, Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman.

Police believe alcohol was involved in the crash, though investigators are awaiting results of blood alcohol tests, Collins said.

Fort Lauderdale authorities got a call at 3:20 a.m. that a crash had occurred in the city's entertainment district, Collins said.

She said Leyritz was driving a 2006 Ford Expedition when he collided at an intersection with 30-year-old female of Plantation, who was driving a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero.

The female was ejected from the car, police said. She died at Broward General Medical Center, Collins said.

Witnesses told police Leyritz had a red light. Officers on the scene observed Leyritz to have red, watery eyes, a flushed face and an odor of alcohol, police said.

Leyritz was told the female had died and he was asked to submit to a blood test, police said.

"After he refused, Leyritz was informed that blood would be taken above his refusal," the police statement said.

On Sunday, Leyritz's attorney, Jeffrey M. Ostrow, released the following statement.

"Due to the tragic and unfortunate events of December 28, 2007, Mr. Leyritz and his family wish to express their deepest sympathies and condolences to the victim's family."

(From ESPN.com)

York man charged with DUI in wreck that killed 3

Associated Press, journalgazette.net

Authorities say speed and alcohol contributed to a single-vehicle crash that killed three people in York County.

The Highway Patrol says the driver, has been charged with three felony counts of driving under the influence resulting in death after November 17 wreck. Three passengers in his Chevy Blazer died when the vehicle ran off the road and hit a tree and fence on state Highway 5.

The 28-year-old York man was arrested Tuesday and released on $75,000 bail. It was unclear if he had an attorney.

Killed in the wreck were two York men and a woman from Gastonia, NC.

Driver faces DUI charges in fatal crash

Last Edited: Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007, 7:04 AM EST

Created: Wednesday, 28 Nov 2007, 7:03 AM EST

From: myfoxtampabay.com

BRANDON – Hillsborough County deputies say a man on a motorcycle was killed in a crash on Tuesday night, and the driver responsible is facing charges of driving under the influence.

Investigators say 24-year-old Joshua Motsinger of Gibsonton was riding his motorcycle in Brandon when he was hit by a truck. They say he was turning left onto Providence Road from State Road 60 when it happened just before 10:00 p.m.

According to deputies, 42-year-old Jeffrey Freson of Deltona was behind the wheel of the truck that hit Motsinger. They say Freson wasn't paying attention when he made a u-turn at the intersection, and Motsinger—who had a green light—hit the side of Freson's Ford F-150 pickup.

Motsinger was taken to Tampa General Hospital with critical injuries, but he later died.

Deputies say Freson showed signs of intoxication, and he was arrested at the scene. He was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail, and he has been charged with DUI manslaughter.