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• Hingham Woman Charged With OUI After Six-Car Accident That Hospitalized Two

  A six-vehicle accident in Quincy triggered OUI charges against a 31-year-old woman in the evening of Nov. 18. Hayley Damp of Hingham is accused of reckless driving and operating under the influence of both alcohol…

• Police Report Reveals Galluccio Was Intoxicated Morning Before Hit-and-Run

  A newly released police report shows that state Senator Anthony Galluccio (D-Cambridge) may have been too drunk to drive in the early morning hours of the day he hit a family's minivan and left the…

• Drivers Should Be Aware of Sobriety Checkpoints as Holidays Draw Near

  The holidays are upon us -- and with them come a lot of parties and family gatherings that offer opportunities to drink. Police agencies are very aware of drunk driving during the holidays, and they…

• Cape Cod Man Arrested for Drunk Driving After Leaving Bumper in Package Store

  A Centerville man was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol Nov. 7 after an accident that left his front bumper inside a package store. A witness called the police after seeing…

• Salem Court Holds Driver Without Bail for Fifth Drunk Driving Charge

  A Marblehead man was charged with his fifth OUI, among other things, and held without bail in Salem. The Daily Item of Lynn reported Nov. 5 that Melvin McKenzie, 50, was arraigned Nov. 4 for…

• Jury Finds Taunton Man Found Guilty of Vehicular Homicide But Not OUI Manslaughter

  More than two years after a fatal accident, a Taunton man was acquitted of drunk driving but found guilty of vehicular homicide. According to a Nov. 2 article in the Taunton Daily Gazette, Edward Leonard,…

• Waltham Woman Arrested for OUI Drugs in Harvard Square

  A woman was arrested in Harvard Square for operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs, the Cambridge Chronicle reported Oct. 29. Judith Zackman, 54, of Waltham, was involved in at least one minor accident…

• Police Charge Framingham Man With DUI After He Drove Into Road Workers

  A road repaving project in Framingham was interrupted by an apparently drunk driver, the MetroWest Daily News reported Oct. 27. Police say Rodrigo Dos Santos, 31, drove through traffic cones and onto freshly poured asphalt…

• Malden Teenager Faces Multiple Charges After High-Speed Drunk Driving Crash

  A young woman is charged with DUI in a crash that police say froze the car's speedometer at 85 mph, in a 30-mph zone. According to an Oct. 21 article in the Winchester Star, police…

• North Attleborough Man Charged in Crash That Killed Stepfather, Injured Mother

  A man from Attleboro is charged with OUI, motor vehicle homicide, OUI with serious bodily injury, speeding and negligent operation of a motor vehicle after a serious one-car crash in Bourne, the Boston Globe reported…