While driving drunk is still a constant threat to New York drivers, driving drowsy is quickly becoming another imminent threat, and the statistics are chilling.
Joshua C. Barnes, a 41-year-old man from Loris, South Carolina, is facing DWI and weapons charges following a traffic stop on I-95 in New York on February 23, 2022.
The NYSP says 45-year-old Eric J. Ramos of New York, NY, faces charges after allegedly driving with a BAC twice the legal limit with children in the car.
In separate incidents a Schenectady woman accused of drunk driving allegedly hit a church and house in Esperance; the driver of a Jeep lost control and hit a bus.
34-Year-old Robert Ludwig of Erie, Pennsylvania was arrested for alleged DWI after New York State Police responded to the scene of a two-car crash on I-86 in the Chautauqua County town of Sherman, New York.
Timothy B. Hall, Jr., a 41-year-old man from Slingerlands, New York, is under arrest following a traffic stop. Aside from the charges he faces, troopers issued him 75 tickets.
A 23-year-old man from Sanford, NY is under arrest after the NYSP says he allegedly threatened to "shoot up" barracks after a DWI arrest on December 11, 2021.