Drunk Driving In The News

A 3-year-old toddler died Nov. 14, the day after a suspected drunk driver slammed into him and his mother, who was carrying the boy in her arms while walking near Old Humble Road and Smith just south of Beltway 8 around 7:30 p.m Nov. 13, said Lt. D. Coleman of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The group Mothers Against Drunk Driving issues a report critical of Maine's laws to curb impaired drivers.

NORTHFIELD-Guarding the community against drunk driving, officers from Northfield and six other police departments participated in the kick off of operation Cuffin and Stuffin which included a sobriety checkpoint last night on shore road.

A woman's holiday gets off to a rough start following a late-night crash. Slideshow: Drunk Driving Suspected In Crash

Fairfield Police and the Butler County Sheriff's Department are conducting an OVI checkpoint from 11 p.m. tonight through 3 a.m. Sunday.

A driver stopped for the 12th time for driving whilst drunk was among nearly 100 drivers found driving with excess breath alcohol in an operation on Auckland's North Shore at the weekend.

A suspected drunk driver was charged with leading F ishers P olice on a chase Saturday night . P olice closed in on a H yundai A ccent after receiving a call about a hit and run at 96th and H ague R oad. W hen officers pulled over J arrett T andy on A llisonville R oad , they suspected he was drunk. ..

For much of America, Thanksgiving is a time to indulge. But for police it is a time to patrol, even on campus. University police helped the State Patrol crack down on drunk driving over the holiday, which is one of the most dangerous times of the year to travel, due to drunk driving. There are a remarkably high number of accidental driving deaths over the Thanksgiving holiday, something ...

Mothers Against Drunk Driving have rated Maine 42 out of the 50 states on its laws to curb drunk drivers... impaired drivers.

Federal transportation officials say Rhode Island's efforts to curb drunken driving are falling short. The National Transportation Safety Board this week said that the Ocean State is one of bottom three states in the nation when it comes to following agency recommendations to address drunken driving accidents and deaths.