Category Archives: Hit and run DUI DWI drivers
Maryland: State Police clean up roads after drunk and drugged drivers crashed, collided and careened in dozens of incidents; bunches of bozos charged with DUI
Montgomery Co. – I-270 near Rt. 121 – April 18 – 2:14 p.m. – A driver caused a multi-vehicle crash and then fled the scene. A witness followed the suspect vehicle and called 911. The driver was located and arrested.
Louisiana: State Troopers charged Corey J. Newton with DWI hit and run death of Brittany L. Harris in St. James Parish crash
The initial investigation by State Police revealed that the crash occurred as 24 year old Corey J. Newton of Gramercy was driving a 2008 Nissan Altima eastbound on LA Hwy 3125 approaching LA Hwy 3213. At the same time, Harris was driving a 2007 Dodge Charger northbound on LA Hwy 3213 approaching LA Hwy 3125. As both vehicles approached the traffic light controlled intersection, Newton entered the intersection on a red light. As a result the Nissan struck the Dodge on the driver’s side, causing the Dodge to leave the roadway and strike a utility pole.
Maryland: Boozing Bryan Kafka hit and ran and stuck in traffic; admits he’s insane but still drives
Maryland State Police report that a DUI driver who struck a car carrying a pregnant woman and then fled the scene on I-95 in Harford County last night was not counting on emergency road repair up ahead that stopped traffic and included a state trooper working a special assignment at the location.
The suspect is identified as Bryan C. Kafka, 25, of 9878 Edisto Way, Middle River, Md.
Florida: Paul Marx visited two bars, drove off road and killed pedestrian John Haney and then fled; charged with vehicular homicide
On Thursday, January 8, 2015, PCSO Traffic deputies arrested 42-year-old Paul Marx of 1220 Holloway Road in Auburndale on a Polk County warrant charging him with one count Vehicular Homicide and one count Leaving the Scene of an Accident with Death.
According to the affidavit, around 11:20 p.m. on September 27, 2014, Marx was driving his Ford F-150 pickup truck eastbound on U.S. 92 just east of Old Dixie Hwy in Auburndale when he struck and killed a pedestrian, 52-year-old John Haney of Auburndale. Haney was walking in the grass approximately 2.8 feet off of the eastbound shoulder of U.S. 92 when Marx struck him. Evidence at the scene shows Marx’s truck traveled on the grass and off the roadway for 217 feet before striking the victim, and another 166 feet until returning back to the roadway. After hitting the victim, Marx drove home. Marx then returned to the scene of the crime around 1:00 a.m., went back home, and called PCSO.
Florida: Highway Patrol charged Gina Estrada with DUI hit and run when she killed Jonathan Diaz and fled like a coward
01/13/2015 – An Orlando man was killed Sunday night when a woman driving a BMW hit the back of his Toyota, causing him to slam into a concrete wall on Winter Garden Vineland Road near Lake Buena Vista, state troopers said.
Authorities said the woman, later identified as 30-year-old Gina Estrada, of New York, didn’t stick around after the alcohol-related crash.
