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Off-Duty NYPD Cop Arrested for Drunk Driving in the Bronx
The Bronx, NY – An off-duty New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer was charged with Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While Ability Impaired: Alcohol after a crash in the Bronx on November 8. The 39-year-old NYPD cop was allegedly caught driving drunk after a crash with another car on Bruckner Expressway near Hutchinson River Parkway. All patients, including a 28-year-old passenger in the police officer’s vehicle and a 28-year-old driver of the other car, were transported to Jacobi Hospital for assessment of physical pain sustained from the wreck.
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