The California Highway Patrol was investigating how big of a factor prescription drugs played into a series of car collisions with a driver who hit two houses, a parked vehicle, and a fire hydrant. The driver was transported to Mercy San Juan Medical Center with minor injuries. She was driving eastbound on Tierra Vista Way when she ran into a house that had just finished being remodeled. Officers say she backed...

An anonymous man died and his son injured after their motorcycle collided with a car Monday evening on Carlton Road. The California Highway Patrol suspects the driver of the car was intoxicated. Maria Munoz was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. She suffers minor injuries but remains fine. Details on how the accident occurred is being investigated. The motorcycle driver was announced dead...

Rudy Fritz, age 45, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and gross vehicular manslaughter Saturday night in North County, San Diego. Him and his 12 year old daughter were thrown out of their vehicle after their Volkswagen Beetle veered into oncoming traffic and collided head to head with a Buick sedan on Highway 76. Fritz’s Volkswagen, more than five decades old, had never been...

Northern California doctor, Charles Igwegbe, was accused of causing injuries in a drunk driving crash on his way to work before his five scheduled procedures. Next month he will be arraigned on two felony counts. His lawyer intends to plead not guilty, however, Igwegbe’s blood alcohol level was .05 above the legal driving limit, giving him a .13. Iqwegbe maintains to protest that he had nothing to drink that...

3,081 people were killed in traffic accidents across the state of California, a decline of 10% over the past year. Those killed by drunk drivers and motorcyclists make up most of the accidents. California recorded a total of 950 alcohol-impaired fatal accidents in 2009, an 8% decline from the 1,025 accidents recorded in 2008. Motorcycle fatalities dropped by 30%, and totally traffic fatalities from all sources...

Jordan Smith, 18, was driving a 2001 Hyundai Tiburon west on 272nd Avenue around 2:40 am Tuesday morning.  Also in the car were three other teenagers, Anthony Zimmer, Ethan Hoiland, also 18, and Will Nelson, 19.  Smith approached a T-intersection at 480th Street at a high rate of speed, and his brakes locked up.  Unable to stop the vehicle, the car ran off the road and flew 72 feet before hitting an embankment. ...

In Kingston, NY, County Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Sheran was fired after apparently showing up drunk to the scene of a fatal accident on Sunday.  Ulster County Executive Michael Hein will not tolerate driving drunk, and as a county executive takes the subject extremely seriously.  The NY State Police charged Dr. Sheran with aggravated DWI. Robert Ryan, 48 of Ellenville, was walking on the paved portion...