His friends thought he was OK to drive, he said.

“It’s embarrassing,” he said. “I’m ashamed. It was an honest mistake.

“But the fact remains, I was over the limit — so sayeth the law.”

The incident doesn’t reflect on his leadership capabilities and he hopes others also learn from his lapse in judgment, he said.

Maryland: Dominick Mackall fired up the General Lee and led smokies on trip round the county and ended as a snack for K9

The crash happen around 2:30 a.m., Brand said. Based on text messages on the victims’ phones, his team was able to tell they went to a bar in Minnesota, then one in Wisconsin, and were driving back through Winona before the crash

Austin Blake Leroy, 18, of the 5900 block of Rosewood Drive, has been charged with felony DUI, great bodily injury results; felony DUI, death results and possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana or 10 grams or less of hash,

Maryland: Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans reports DWI DUI arrests for March 2014; warns Tiki Bar visitors to designate a sober driver