Jury selection is set for Tuesday for Charles Pickett, Jr. Police say that in June 2016, he had been behind the wheel of his pickup truck while under the influence of drugs, before the truck crashed into a pack of bicyclists travelling on the shoulder of the road in Kalamazoo County’s Cooper Township.
According to the NHTSA, two years ago on St. Patrick’s Day 60 people were killed in drunk driving accidents nationwide. Also that year, 39 percent of all motor vehicle crash fatalities involved intoxicated drivers and from 2012 to 2016, 269 people were killed
The City of Battle Creek says Sunday that the unnamed officer was off duty and in his personal vehicle, when he crashed into a utility pole around 4am in the City of Springfield. He wasn’t hurt and was arrested shortly afterwards.
Police had initially been called to the area of the Fox Ridge Apartments on a report of someone threatening others with a handgun, and when they arrived they saw an individual fleeing the scene in a vehicle. The vehicle initially refused to stop for police, but after around a 20 minute chase the suspect did finally stop.
A pair of single vehicle crashes Sunday morning has Kalamazoo authorities issuing a warning about drunk driving.
According to a release, the first crash happened just before 8am, in the area of Duke and Denway. At the scene, Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Officers found a pickup truck that was stuck in a shed after crashing into it...