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Idaho State Police report that on Saturday June 30, 2012, at approximately 1:10 a.m., a fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Sheepskin Road and Philbin Road, near Fort Hall.  A 1999 GMC Yukon, driven by Kendall Perry, age 21 of Blackfoot was headed southbound on Philbin Road, when he lost control of his vehicle causing it to go off the roadway and roll into a field.  The crash caused Perry and his occupants; Danae Jimmie, age 20 of Blackfoot and Cullen Fights Over, age 19 of Fort Hall, to be ejected from the vehicle.   Jimmie and Fights Over were transported to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries.  Fights Over later succumbed to his injuries at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello.  None of the occupants were wearing their seatbelts.   Alcohol may be a factor in this crash.

Police Say Fat Cat Lawyer was resisting arrest too!
From AllGov.com
President Obama’s nominee to be the next ambassador to Netherlands has withdrawn his name from the confirmation process in the wake of his recent arrest for drunk driving and resisting arrest. Timothy M. Broas, 58, was pulled over by Montgomery County, Maryland, police at 1:18 a.m. on June 19, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Shepherd Street in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and charged with “attempting to drive [a] vehicle while under the influence of alcohol,” driving 47 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, and resisting arrest, the latter charge being criminal in nature. At the time of his arrest, Broas was only one mile away from his home. The White House announced the withdrawal on June 28. A partner in the Washington, DC, office of the Chicago-based law firm of Winston & Strawn, Broas has raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s re-election efforts as a bundler, meaning that he raised the money from friends, family, or business associates. For Obama’s 2008 campaign, Broas bundled between $200,000 and $500,000. Obama, like every modern President before him, has nominated about two dozen bundlers to ambassadorships ….MORE

From Baltimore Sun
 7-year-old Waldorf girl was killed and three adults were injured in a three-car, alcohol-involved collision in Charles County, according to Maryland State Police.
State troopers from the La Plata barrack first responded to northbound Route 210 near Lewis Place about 3:20 p.m. for reports of a motor vehicle accident.
The girl, Jan-nae Alicia Woodard, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. An investigation showed that Jackson Tutt, 73, of
Fort Washington, was driving a green 1995 Chevrolet Tahoe south on Route 210 when the vehicle passed through the median of the roadway and into the left side of a gray 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer being driven north on the road by William Green, 60, of Indian Head.  ….MORE

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An off-duty state trooper has been charged in a fatal crash last month on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in suburban Philadelphia.
Forty-year-old Barry Searfoss Jr. of Coatesville is charged in Montgomery County with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, careless and reckless driving and other counts in the May 18 crash in Plymouth Meeting.
Authorities allege that he was intoxicated when his pickup truck ran into another vehicle that had slowed down due to mechanical problems,
killing 21-year-old Robin Williams  ….MORE

From Houston Chronicle
A suspected drunken driver caused a wrong-way head-on wreck that injured him and killed three people about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday on southbound Interstate 45 near Woodlands Parkway.
Montgomery County Police Reporter notes in a detailed story on its website that the latest fatal wreck happened just two days after a similar drunken driving crash on I-45 at Research.
In the latest wreck, Police Reporter says: Shenandoah Officers jumped the median and stopped all traffic on I-45 southbound with the intention of taking the vehicle as it got to them. But within seconds a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy called for an ambulance and fire equipment at I-45 just north of Woodlands Parkway.
The deputy said a Chevrolet Malibu had collided head-on with a Pontiac G6.
The Malibu’s driver, Edward Blackwell, 43, of Montgomery, was taken to an area hospital where officials determined he had an elevated
alcohol level. A passenger, Stephen Isbell, 47, of The Woodlands, died at the scene. …MORE

From Delaware Online
The House Ethics Committee decided in the waning hours of this year’s legislative session Saturday evening not to take any action regarding the conduct of Dover Democratic Rep. Brad Bennett, who was arrested in April on drunken driving charges for the second time in his legislative career. (Bennett has already made some noise about running in 2014, however. More on that later.)
House Majority Leader Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth, who chairs the ethics committee, said Bennett’s commitment not to run for re-election in November is a satisfactory resolution.
“We can’t punish him more than he has himself,” Schwartzkopf said. “If we were to expel him from the chamber, he could run again in November. He is, in effect, expelling himself for the next two years.”
After his arrest, Bennett spent weeks in a substance abuse recovery program before returning to the House and delivering a tearful public statement in which he said he would serve out his term but not run again this year.
“I’m not going to make excuses for his behavior,” Schwartzkopf said. “He’s made his apologies, and they were heartfelt.”
The Ethics Committee held an unadvertised meeting Tuesday (in violation of House rules) to discuss the complaint…MORE

From WKBN
A fatal accident in Mercer County ends with the driver in the hospital and facing several charges.
Mercer Pennsylvania State Police said Audra Brown, 32, of North Carolina was drinking and driving when she lost control of her car Saturday night on Fredonia Road in Lake Township.
Jonathan Newcomb, 27, of Kentucky died in the accident ….MORE