New York Jets

Jets Linebacker Admits Driving Drunk in Lincoln Tunnel Crash

The 25-year-old checked into rehab earlier this year

What to Know

  • Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue has pleaded guilty to a wrong-way DWI crash at the Lincoln Tunnel back in February
  • Police allege Donahue went around traffic cones, went the wrong way into the tunnel's center tube and hit a bus
  • He was a fifth-round draft pick of the Jets last year and played in four games before he suffered a season-ending elbow injury

Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue has pleaded guilty to DWI charges in connection with a wrong-way crash in the Lincoln Tunnel.

Donahue entered the plea Wednesday in Weehawken Municipal Court. As part of a plea deal, three other charges were dismissed. Donahue also will have to drive with an ignition interlock device for a year after his license is reinstated.

Police say Donahue was drunk when he drove the wrong way in the tunnel on Feb. 26 and collided with a jitney bus, injuring four of the 15 people on board. It was his second DUI.

The 25-year-old checked into rehab earlier this year.

Donahue was a fifth-round draft pick of the Jets last year and played in four games before he suffered a season-ending elbow injury.

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