DWI Hit Parade!

From  Telegram.com
DOUGLAS — The boyfriend of a Rhode Island woman killed in a car crash Saturday afternoon has been charged with drunken driving and motor vehicle homicide.
Robert P. Grenier, 47, of 14 Kirby Lane, North Smithfield, R.I., was taken into custody about 3 p.m. yesterday outside his lawyer’s North Attleboro office, Police Lieutenant Nick. L. Miglionico said.
Mr. Grenier has been cited on charges of motor vehicle homicide by negligent driving, motor vehicle homicide by drunk driving and negligence, misleading and impeding a police investigation, negligent driving, drunk driving — second offense, driving with a license suspended for drunk driving and driving with suspended registration, police said.
Mr. Grenier is being held on $100,000 cash bail and is scheduled to appear today in Uxbridge District Court for a clerk-magistrate’s hearing. He will be arraigned on the charges tomorrow in Uxbridge District Court, Lieutenant Miglionico said. … MORE

Javed Hussaini
Ride with a drunk driver; buy a ticket to your own funeral
From NBC 4
The driver of an Audi 8 that crashed so violently it was split in half early Thursday morning has been charged with DUI-related manslaughter.
Another man was killed, and two passengers were injured in the single-vehicle crash.
The Audi was traveling southbound on I-395 when it ran off the road, spinning around and striking a tree. The impact tore the vehicle in half. Authorities were called to the scene at 2:41 a.m.
The two halves of the car were found on separate ramps of I-395 in Alexandria. One half was on the off-ramp to Duke Street, and the other half was on the on-ramp from Duke Street.
Both back seat passengers were ejected from the vehicle, including A. Tawab Ebadi, 25, of Chantilly, who died at the scene despite CPR efforts by a Virginia State Police trooper and an off-duty firefighter.
The driver, 25-year-old Javed Hussaini of Manassas, … MORE

From KMJ
The preliminary hearing for a young Clovis woman accused of a deadly DUI crash continues Thursday.
The judge in the case is considering if there’s enough evidence to send her to trial.
Perla Vasquez was arrested last year just after her alleged DUI hit and run which killed 54-year-old Frank Winslow on Highway 168. ….MORE

On August 15, 2012, at approximately 6:15 pm, Idaho State Police investigated a crash involving two motorcycles on Old Hwy 91 at Fort Hall Mine Road, south of Pocatello, ID.   
Kirk D. Later, 59, of Pocatello, ID, was traveling north on Old Hwy 91 near Fort Hall Mine Road on a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle.  Later struck the back of a 2003 Big Dog Motorcycle that was attemtping to turn left onto Fort Hall Mine Road from the northbound lane of Old Hwy 91.  The rider of the 2003 Big Dog motocycle left the scene. 
Later was transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID.  Later was not wearing a helmet. 
Alcohol was involved in this crash, report police.  The investigation is continuing. 

From WGRZ
BUFFALO, NY– Dr. James Corasanti will be sentenced Thursday morning in Erie County Court in connection with the accident that killed teenager Alix Rice.
Rice, 18, was struck and killed by Dr. Corasanti’s vehicle while she was riding her longboard on Heim Road last year.
Corasanti was convicted by a jury of misdemeanor DWI and found not guilty of the most serious charges against him, including vehicular manslaughter.
Dr. James Corasanti will stand before Erie County Court Judge DiTullio for his sentence and will have an opportunity to make a statement. But, before he hears the Judge Sheila DiTullio’s sentence, the parents of Alix Rice plan to speak.  ….MORE

Justin A. Clark

From Iowa Citizen Press
Iowa– A North Liberty, Iowa man has been arrested for driving with a blood-alcohol content nearly eight times over the legal limit.
Police Chief Jim Warkentin told Gannett Newspaper, the Iowa CItizen Press, that 24-year-old Justin A. Clark’s blood-alcohol content of .627 percent was the highest he’s ever heard of in his career, which spans more than two decades.
“It’s just amazing,” Warkentin said. “It’s just amazing the person was conscious to be that high. Most people don’t make it above .3, they end up passing out.”
According to a North Liberty police criminal complaint, officers were dispatched to the area of Red Barn Drive at 10:05 p.m. July 29 for reports of a driver who was all over the road, hitting curbs and the vehicle had come to rest in a yard on Stone Creek Circle.
Police said a resident flagged down an officer to point out the driver, who was revving up his motor. The officer approached the driver, identified as Clark, from the driver’s side of the car.
Clark was sitting in the driver’s seat and was unable to answer any of the officer’s questions, police said. He also was unable to get out of the vehicle, walk or perform field sobriety tests, police said. ….MORE

Oleg Tarasuk
Victim identified

From Sacramento Bee
A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and drunk driving after fleeing from officers and killing a pedestrian last night, according to Roseville police. Oleg Tarasuk, 50, of Roseville was booked into Placer County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence causing death and also gross vehicular manslaughter. His bail is set at $275,000. Police said Tarasuk was reported by a citizen to have been driving in a reckless manner about 8 p.m. Tuesday near Junction Boulevard and Washington Boulevard. The caller also told dispatch that Tarasuk’s pickup truck had come to a stop at a recycling area across from the Placer County fairgrounds. When officers responded to the recycling area, they spoke to Tarasuk, only to have him gun his engine to drive away. In response, an officer tried to block Tarasuk’s getaway with his patrol….MORE