DWI Hit Parade!

From Niagara Gazette

(Nov. 12, 2012) — The day after a Falls man plowed his motorcycle into a group of pedestrians in Amherst, killing two women, police are trying to determine how fast he was traveling and what exactly happened.
What police do know is that David A. Smith, 53, of Niagara Falls, veered off Tonawanda Creek Road and hit the three victims on the parallel bike path at about 3:20 p.m. The crash took place between Campbell Boulevard and Hopkins Road.
Jocelyn B. Elberson, 25, of the Town of Tonawanda, and Sheila Pelton, 81, of East Amherst were pronounced dead at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital.
Elberson was on a walk with her new puppy, mother and aunt when …MORE

From Cape May County Herald
GOSHEN – An accident took the life of an unidentified adult male when the car he was operating was struck by another vehicle while driving on Route 47.
According to police reports, police received several 9 -1-1 calls reporting a motor vehicle crash on Route 47. Officers responding to the scene found a head-on crash with both cars in the southbound lane of the highway.
An initial investigation indicated a black Dodge Charger, driven by Robert DeMarco, 29, of Williamstown was traveling north on Route 47 when it left the northbound lane. DeMarco’s vehicle struck a Ford Taurus which was traveling southbound. ….MORE

From Shore News Today
A Gloucester County man faces DUI and other charges following a head-on crash that killed a Villas man Nov. 7 in Goshen.
Police say Robert Demarco of Williamstown has been charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and failure to maintain lane. The deceased driver has been identified as Robert Pitts Jr., 65 of Villas in Lower Township.  ….MORE

• FROM BATON ROUGE TODAY
  Kelley Behrnes, 47, 17121 S. Bristle Cone Court, Greenwell Springs, first-offense DWI, speeding, failure to maintain control and failure to yield for emergency vehicles.
• Geoffrey Davis, 55, 2977 Lexington Drive, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, license plate required, motor vehicle certificates false, reckless operation and insurance required.
• Kara Dixon, 47, 9555 Thayer Ave., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI and reckless operation of a vehicle.
• Ryan Findish, 20, 12515 Schlayer Ave., Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI.
• Whitney Giluso, 21, 45320 Crapanzano, Hammond, first-offense DWI and reckless operation of a vehicle.
• Patrick Gladney, 25, 10720 Linkwood Drive, Baton Rouge, first-offense DWI, disobeying a red light and driver’s license suspended/revoked.
• Ashley Greene, 24, 3157 Highway 44 E, McComb, Miss., first-offense DWI.
• Zachary Hebert, 30, 4352 Little Hope Drive, Addis, first-offense DWI, reckless operation of a vehicle and driving over the median ….MORE

  

From NJ.com
HACKETTSTOWN — After a three-vehicle crash at routes 182 and 57, Hackettstown police charged Volovhiy Myhajl, 28, of Mansfield Township with driving while intoxicated.
On Nov. 10 at about 9:40 p.m., police went to the scene of the crash and determined that Myhajl was driving south on Route 182 in a 2004 Dodge Van when he attempted to make a right turn onto Route 57 and hit head-on a 2002 Ford truck driven by Patrick Dierling, 38, of Newton.
The impact pushed the Ford truck into a 2012 Jeep wagon, which had been stopped behind the Ford truck. The Jeep’s driver was Lynn Camble …MORE

From KENS
HOUSTON — Charges were pending Sunday evening against a suspected drunk driver who police said caused a crash that sent four children to the hospital.
It happened in the early morning hours at the intersection of Fry Road and the Interstate- 10 feeder in west Houston.
Authorities said 22-year-old Lourdes Lopez was driving north on Fry and ran the light. That’s when her Jeep SUV was t-boned by an eastbound pickup truck.
The impact ejected a 12-year-old boy from the Jeep. Three other children ranging in age from 1 to 9 were also badly hurt.
The children were transported by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital.
Lopez and a 45-year-old man who was riding in the front passenger seat were being treated for non life-threatening injuries. …MORE

Car plows into house; DWI suspected

Was this “Beamer” a dreamer?
From KRQE
ALBUQUERQUE (Nov. 12, 2012) – A man and a woman were injured and trapped in their overturned car Friday night after the jumped a curb and plunged into a home in northeast Albuquerque.
Firefighters called in extra personnel and had to shore up the home in the 1800 block of Arizona Street NE before they could rescue …MORE