An off-duty NYC police officer was recently charged with vehicular assault and drunk driving after a car accident that occurred on the Bronx River Parkway. The officer was driving east on the Parkway, and crashed near the Cross Bronx Expressway at around 4:30AM.
The driver’s passenger and fellow police officer was injured in the drunk driving accident, suffering severe head trauma and brain injury. The DUI victim is currently in critical – but stable – condition at the Jacobi Hospital, having recently woken from a medically induced coma. The police officer who was driving at the time of the accident was arrested on charges of drunk driving and has been suspended from duty. He sustained no major injuries.
When you get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated, you are making a decision to endanger not only your life, but the lives of your passengers and everyone else out on the road. One bad judgment call can lead to another person’s death or serious injury.
If you or your loved one has been injured in a NYC drunk driving car accident, please contact the experienced New York DUI victim attorneys at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, PC.
