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A 25-year-old New Jersey woman involved in a three-car accident was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Police said the accident involved a Parking Authority official and the accident resulted in the street being shut down to clear the debris. The accident occurred as the Parking Authority vehicle was attempting to make a left turn from a southbound lane when the woman driving the other vehicle struck the official’s vehicle. Her vehicle continued to veer onto the sidewalk following the accident before coming to a stop.

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A New York airport shuttle bus driver was charged with misdemeanor DWI charges following a single-vehicle accident. The driver claimed she swerved to avoid hitting another vehicle when she struck a sign post. However, authorities investigating the accident were unable to find substantial evidence proving that the driver in fact tried to avoid another car. There were no passengers in the shuttle bus at the time of the accident and the driver was uninjured. The vehicle travelled through a garden before hitting the sign and the front-end of the vehicle had significant damage to it.

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Soccer star Charlie Davies, of the Major League Soccer team DC United, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against a nightclub and the organizers of a party who served alcohol to a drunk driver responsible for an accident that severely injured Davies and killed another passenger. The suit contends that the companies continued to serve the driver despite the fact that he was clearly drunk and they are therefore responsible for the injuries to Davies and the wrongful death of the passenger.

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An automobile accident in Virginia Beach claimed the life of a 19-year-old man earlier this week. The accident occurred when the Nissan Xterra in which the man was a passenger ran off the road and into some trees before coming to a stop in a ditch. The driver of the vehicle, also 19-years-old suffered minor injuries in the wreck. A 21-year-old passenger in the vehicle suffered more serious injuries.

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In Humble, Texas the family of a 23-year-old man who died in an automobile accident in April is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar where the victim was drinking prior to the accident. The 23-year-old man was one of two people who died in the single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred April 27th when the vehicle collided into a ditch and then into two poles. The collision caused the vehicle to go airborne and the second victim to be ejected from the vehicle.

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A 22-year-old driver was charged with negligent vehicular assault, criminal endangerment, and a misdemeanor count of DUI following an automobile accident that left a 20-year-old female passenger with a broken neck. Mitchell Lane Ralph was reportedly riding with 4 other passengers in his pickup truck when he lost control of the vehicle and rolled through an embankment.

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In Washington State, a 24-year-old man pleaded guilty to drunken driving causing the death of a 19-year-old and injuring a 17-year-old and a 25-year-old passenger in his vehicle. Loren Seaman had a blood-alcohol level of .20 at the time of the accident. The legal limit in the United States is .08. Seaman was driving along a mile-long stretch of road when he collided with a telephone pole backwards.

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Two men in Illinois were seriously injured after an automobile accident occurred as a result of the driver operating the vehicle under the influence of alcohol. 22-year-old Eric J. Larson suffered non life-threatening injuries. The 23-year-old passenger suffered a broken back, a punctured lung, and a broken ankle. A second passenger suffered an eye injury and a possible broken leg.

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A 22-year-old New Port Beach woman was believed to have been driving under the influence when she was involved in a car-bicycle accident with a 41-year-old man. 22-year-old Diane Marie Miller was driving her Volkswagen Jetta when she collided with Amine Britel.

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An 18-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty to several charges including assault by auto and vehicular homicide stemming from an incident that occurred in March. Michael Woehrle, then 17 years old, was originally charged as a juvenile but had his case transferred to criminal court in the Superior Court in Freehold, New Jersey. Woehrle pleaded guilty to the charges in connection to the homicide of 22-year-old Tyshon Thorpe.

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A tragic collision on the northbound lanes of Interstate 25 in Santa Fe, N.M was the result of a wrong-way car that was traveling more than 100 mph. The wrong-way car was traveling southbound in a northbound lane when it collided head on with an ambulance at around 2:30am on Tuesday.

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In Montgomery Co., Virginia a single car accident resulted in three people suffering from serious injuries. The driver was cited for driving under the influence and suffered minor injuries. The two passengers both suffered serious injuries and one is in critical condition.

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As a new year begins, people across the country are making resolutions to do a few things differently. Hopefully for at least 4,500 Arizonans, one resolution will be to stop driving while impaired.

Four thousand five hundred is the number of Arizona residents who were arrested for DUI since Thanksgiving. That's almost a 2000 person increase since the holiday season of 2008. The Associated Press reported, arrests for the entire year numbered above 14,000: a 3,500 increase since 2008.

These rising numbers reveal two trends. The first is the good news that increased enforcement has taken more unsafe drivers off the road. Hopefully this will inspire them and others to stay sober behind the wheel.

But, the second trend is of a large number of drivers ignoring the potential consequences of impaired driving and choosing to put others at risk. Preventable injuries to motorists and motorcyclists are caused each week when someone makes the negligent decision to reach for the keys when buzzed or drunk.

We can only hope that public awareness and deterrence can begin to lower number of impaired drivers and the injuries they cause. Perhaps this holiday's spike in enforcement will help spread the message and keep Arizona's drivers a little safer in 2010.
 

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Drunk drivers are a threat to anyone on the road: even law enforcement. This was made abundantly clear when a suspected drunk driver slammed into a border patrol vehicle in Southern Arizona. The officer only escaped injury by diving over the guardrail before his vehicle was struck.

The Associated Press reported the agent was stopped on the shoulder of the I-19, assisting a motorist with a flat tire. The suspected drunk driver was recklessly attempting to pass slower traffic when he hit the agent’s vehicle. The driver was transported to a local hospital and is under investigation for impaired driving.

Impaired drivers often make risky decisions and have poor control of their vehicle. In this case, it was extremely fortunate the officer was able to react in time. If he were not present, the motorist with the flat tire could have been killed or severely injured. This is a sobering reminder to take care if your car blows a tire or is disabled on the freeway, and to call the highway patrol or roadside assistance if necessary.
 

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