Mount Vernon police detail multiple DUI-related crashes; no serious injuries reported
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Mount Vernon Police Department's monthly update summarized several DUI-related incidents this month — including a vehicle fire, drivers found passed out, a hit on police vehicles during a pursuit, and a library parking-garage crash — and urged holiday safety; officers said there were no serious injuries.
MVPD presenter (Speaker 2) summarized several impaired-driving incidents in the department’s monthly update, saying the cases occurred across Mount Vernon City over the past weeks and that "in each of these cases, the drivers were charged with DUI and various other crimes."
The update describes a range of incidents: on the 10th at about 11:30 p.m. officers found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames in the 300 block of South Waugh Road after it had struck a parked truck. During the contact an individual initially denied driving and later said, "Because I was trying to cover up for my friend that ran away," according to the transcript.
On the 11th at about 6 p.m., officers responded to a report of a driver passed out at the wheel on Hoag Road near LaVenture; the car was in drive with the driver’s foot on the brake and a beer in his lap, and officers used a lockout tool to unlock the door and rouse the driver.
Just before 6 a.m. on the 15th, a separate crash at 18th and Furr occurred after a driver allegedly ran a red light, collided with another vehicle and later struck a piling; officers reported a strong odor of alcohol and empty beer cans in the car. Later that same date, just before midnight, officers encountered two people passed out in a vehicle and a driver with drug paraphernalia; after the vehicle struck two police cars and fled, officers pursued for several minutes but discontinued the chase for public-safety reasons.
About 3 p.m. on the 20th, officers investigated a crash in the library parking garage in which a vehicle tore off its front bumper after striking a bollard on entry and then struck another car while pulling out of a stall; an open can of alcohol was observed in the center console and surveillance video showed the sequence of impacts.
Speaker 2 noted that although some cases involved significant property damage, there were no serious injuries. The MVPD presenter closed the update by urging caution during the holiday season: "If yours is one of those, please make sure you have a sober driver, use a rideshare, or stay where you are."
