alleged drunk driver

An NYPD highway officer has died after being hit by an alleged drunken driver as he investigated a crash scene on the Long Island Expressway early Tuesday, officials say. The Highway Unit officer, identified as 43-year-old Anastasio Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the force, was at a scene in Clearview around 2 a.m. when a sedan hit him, according...

Police in a small New Jersey town arrested an alleged drunk driver Friday morning — and then arrested the friend who picked her up for allegedly driving drunk too.

An alleged drunk driver in a smart car struck two people in Tribeca late Friday, police said.

The man who allegedly drove into a group of Boy Scouts, killing a 12-year-old and injuring others, during a drunken accident on Long Island last year rejected a plea deal for at least the third time Thursday, once again frustrating the boy’s parents who must now wait for him to stand trial.

A Long Island judge blasted the accused killer of a 12-year-old Boy Scout in front of the dead child’s family and friends Tuesday, arguing the man’s latest refusal to take a plea deal in the DWI crash was just another delay tactic.

A New Jersey driver who mowed down a family while he was high on heroin — killing a toddler — has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, prosecutors said.

The alleged drunk driver accused of hitting a group of Boy Scouts as they walked along a Long Island street, killing one of them, has been freed on bail, angering the victim’s family.

The alleged drunk driver accused of hitting a group of Boy Scouts as they walked along a Long Island street —killing one of them — returned to court Tuesday after pleading not guilty in the crash last month.

An alleged drunk driver accused of hitting a group of Boy Scouts as they walked along a Long Island street — killing one of them — pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday.

One of the Boy Scouts hit by an alleged drunk driver as he and a group of Scouts on retreat walked along a Long Island street over the weekend has died, authorities said Monday. Four other Scouts were hospitalized in Sunday’s crash.

An alleged drunk driver smashed into 36 vehicles on a multi-block tear through New Jersey Wednesday, causing thousands of dollars in damage, before cops found him disoriented on the street he ripped apart, authorities say.

A 37-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested for allegedly speeding drunk in a school zone with a passenger on the roof of his BMW.

A 62-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk, hitting two parked cars and then driving down a sidewalk, where he hit a woman pushing her 1-year-old son in a stroller, her 5-year-old son behind her.

The 37-year-old Long Island man who sparked a multi-vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway in March, killing one woman and injuring seven others, had cocaine and Xanax in his system at the time, and was driving with a suspended license, prosecutors say.

A drugged driver struck a minivan on the Long Island Expressway before crossing the grassy median and hitting several other vehicles in a crash that killed one person, injured eight others and closed a stretch of the busy highway for hours, police and a hospital official said.

A Long Island police officer who was hit by a drunk driver on New Year’s Day is was honored Monday by the Nassau County Legislature.

An alleged drunk driver veered into the wrong side of the Bronx River Parkway and smashed head-on into a car filled with a family from Florida who were headed to see relatives in the area, authorities say.  Diego Caceres, 35, is expected to be charged with DWI, reckless endangerment and reckless driving in the crash, police said. He will be…

A Long Island police officer on DUI patrol was struck by an alleged drunk driver, police say. Greg Cergol reports.

A police officer who was on DUI patrol was hit by an alleged drunk driver early Monday and suffered life-threatening injuries, police said.

An alleged drunk driver hit a construction worker on Staten Island, then his car landed in a hole in the street, authorities say.