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UM basketball player charged with DUI

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:07 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - University of Montana basketball player Spencer Coleman faces a misdemeanor drunken driving charge.

Gov., First Lady announce anti-DUI campaign

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:44:58 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and First Lady Carol Mead say they hope a new, hard-hitting media campaign will reduce drunk-driving fatalities and injuries in the state.

NM woman convicted in fatal accident arrested

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:57:04 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - An Albuquerque woman convicted last October of careless driving in the 2010 death of a bicyclist now faces new charges of driving while intoxicated and other crimes.

Pa. man charged with 4th DUI hits police cruiser

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:35:18 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania - Police say a western Pennsylvania man charged with his fourth drunken driving offense was fleeing police when he smashed into a police cruiser belong to a township where another officer was killed in a similar crash earlier this month.

Police: Drunk man escapes car hit by W. Pa. train

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:17:04 -0400

CREIGHTON, Pennsylvania - Police say a drunk man narrowly escaped injury when his car was hit by a freight train after his vehicle inexplicably stopped on some railroad tracks near Pittsburgh.

Union County DUI stop turns up 300 pounds of pot

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:52:06 -0400

MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee - Union County Sheriff's Office deputies say the truck appeared to be driven by someone under the influence and they stopped it.

Man indicted in DUI deaths of 6

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:06:05 -0400

PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi - The driver of a SUV that careened off a road and into a rain-swollen creek in December has been indicted on six counts of DUI manslaughter.

Police: Intoxicated woman crashes into cruiser

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:32:32 -0400

SEATTLE - Seattle police say an intoxicated woman crashed into a cruiser being driven by an officer on patrol, then took off.

Former Griz faces DUI, resisting arrest charges

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:47:50 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - A receiver on the Missoula Phoenix football team who is also a former University of Montana basketball player has been taken into custody by police.

Man sent to prison for accident that killed teen

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:35:51 -0400

TOPEKA, Kansas - A Topeka man who was drunk when his speeding car crashed and killed a 15-year-old passenger has been sentenced to 10 years and three months in state prison.

Vt. woman guilty of DWI, not homicide, in NY crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:17:14 -0400

FORT EDWARD, New York - A 31-year-old Vermont woman arrested after a fatal crash in upstate New York has been convicted of drunken and reckless driving. But a jury acquitted her of manslaughter and homicide.

Sheriff: SW Michigan man drove farm tractor drunk

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:20:04 -0400

DECATUR TOWNSHIP, Michigan - Sheriff's deputies arrested a southwestern Michigan man after finding him driving a farm tractor on a county road while drunk.

Teen arrested after collision with Ore. school bus

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:10:24 -0400

WOODBURN, Oregon - A city of Woodburn, Oregon, spokesman says an 18-year-old driver has been arrested after a car collided with a school bus Friday afternoon in the community south of Portland. Six children reportedly suffered minor injuries.

Pueblo man gets 68 years in triple-fatal DUI crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:07:17 -0400

PUEBLO, Colorado - A Pueblo man has been sentenced to 68 years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter.

Correction: Drunken Driving-Zero Deaths story

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a story May 17 about a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation on a blood alcohol threshold for drivers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the definition of a drink. The standard definition of a drink is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine and 1.5 ounces of 80-proof alcohol.

Travis sues to block DWI patrol car video release

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:22:25 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Country music star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent the release of patrol car video of his 2012 drunken-driving arrest in North Texas.

Bail set at $200K for man charged in DUI death

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:37:41 -0400

MISSOULA, Montana - A Missoula County judge has set bail at $200,000 for a man charged with being legally intoxicated when his pickup drove up onto a sidewalk and hit two sisters, killing one.

SD man sentenced to prison for manslaughter

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:34:55 -0400

PIERRE, South Dakota - A McLaughlin man accused of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison for manslaughter.

Driver charged in fatal bicycle crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:18 -0400

BOULDER, Colorado - A Lyons resident arrested after police say he struck and killed Boulder cyclist Michel Van Duym while driving drunk has been charged with five crimes, including two counts of vehicular homicide.

Jacksonville man convicted in fatal DWI crash

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:16:25 -0400

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina - A Jacksonville man has been convicted in a wreck that killed his girlfriend.

Ex-top Fort Worth police official fired over DWI

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:58 -0400

FORT WORTH, Texas - The former chief of staff to Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead has been fired after he was accused of driving while intoxicated.

Man sentenced in drunken driving death of girl, 8

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:41 -0400

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - A Grand Rapids man will spend up to 15 years in prison for the drunken driving death of an 8-year-old Detroit girl.

Governor signs ignition interlock bill

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:43:13 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee's ignition interlock law will apply to more drunken drivers under legislation signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.

Neb. man gets 4th prison term for drunken driving

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:55:19 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - A man who was arrested for his eighth drunken-driven offense just five days after getting out of prison for his seventh was sentenced to up to 12 more years behind bars.

Teen driver sentenced for Ind. crash that killed 3

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:09:08 -0400

VERSAILLES, Indiana - A teenage driver who survived a southeastern Indiana crash that killed three other youths will spend 90 days in juvenile detention and surrender his driver's license until age 21.