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Editorial illustration of a red light at night. Not a photograph of the crash scene.

U.S. DUI NEWS · CASE UPDATE Ocala, Florida · November 7, 2026 Ocala, Florida | November 7, 2026 An Ocala officer spoke to two brothers in a van blocking a traffic lane early on September 29. Minutes after police let them leave, a mother and her son were dead. On November 5, WFTV reported a new detail from an arrest affidavit: the driver, Joel Gonzalo Zelaya , 33, had a blood alcohol level of 0.26 after the crash. [ WFTV, Nov. 5: blood test · WFTV: body-camera footage and internal review ] What the cameras caught The officer’s body camera recorded someone in the van saying one of the brothers had drunk too much. Police Chief Mike Balken said the officer should have investigated possible impairment. Separately, passenger Cristian Zelaya later told a detective he had warned his brother Joel against driving, according to the affidavit. [ Ocala Gazette: crash investigation · WFTV: body-camera footage and internal review ] Around 2:45 a.m., DeLawn Marshall Duncan , 50, was turning ...
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Editorial illustration of marigolds for Día de los Muertos. Not a photograph of the crash scene.

U.S. DUI NEWS · WEEKLY BRIEFING November 1–7, 2026 · Five cases across four states. On November 1, Joshua Mazur took his daughter, Janessa Milagro Mazur Diaz , to his grandmother’s grave in Sacramento for Día de los Muertos. A vehicle struck them both at St. Mary Cemetery. Janessa, 13 months old, died. Her father was still in intensive care when the case returned to court on Friday. [ Court hearing report · Family interview ] Janessa’s mother, Jackline Patino Diaz , recalled the small things she missed: scrambled eggs with her daughter in the morning and watching Coco together. She said Janessa had learned enough sign language to ask for more. [ Family interview · KCRA ] What happened in court on November 6 Miguel Landeros Guzman , 50, faces a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His attorney, Brandon Hintz , asked for time to review the prosecution’s evidence. Judge Satnam Rattu moved the bail hearing to November 12. Guzman had not entered a plea as of Fr...
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DUI News: Fatal Crashes, New Arrests and a Rejected Plea Deal

U.S. DUI NEWS · TWO-WEEK BRIEFING Eight case updates. October 18–31, 2026. A rejected plea deal. A deadly crash following a police traffic stop. A trooper’s vehicle struck on an interstate. These eight cases show the people behind U.S. impaired-driving headlines over the past two weeks. Coverage period: October 18–31, 2026. This roundup includes newly reported arrests, charges and court developments. Some collisions happened earlier; crash dates and news dates are listed separately. 1. Walter Duncan: judge rejects a 12-year plea deal York County, South Carolina · Update reported October 22, 2026 · Crash: August 12, 2025 Walter Duncan faces a felony DUI resulting in death charge in the crash that killed Bruce Walker , 66. Prosecutors say Duncan rear-ended Walker’s car at 82 mph in a 45-mph zone. Matthew Shelton of the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office described Duncan’s record, including seven previous DUI convictions. The judge rejected a proposed 12-year sentence. Walker’s nephe...
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Children Hurt at NYPD Halloween Event: Michael Marsh Faces DWI Charges

U.S. DUI NEWS · OCTOBER 31, 2026 A Halloween event, a mother of nine and a teenager’s unfinished plans. Families gathered outside a Brooklyn police precinct for a Halloween celebration. By late Thursday afternoon, six people—including three children—had been taken to hospitals, and Michael Marsh , 56, was facing allegations of impaired driving. [ FOX 5 New York ] The Bushwick crash leads this October 31 briefing, followed by new developments in the deaths of Tennessee mother Rebecca Case and Colorado teenager Benito Reyes . The reports were published or updated October 29–31; the dates of the collisions are identified below. Michael Marsh: six injured outside the 83rd Precinct October 29, 2026 · Shortly before 4 p.m. · Bushwick, Brooklyn According to the NYPD account reported by FOX 5, Marsh drove onto the sidewalk on Knickerbocker Avenue during the precinct’s trunk-or-treat event, hit a parked ambulance and struck pedestrians. Three children, ages 6, 8 and 11, and three adult w...
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DUI Crash Briefing: 10 Drivers Named in Latest U.S. Reports

U.S. ROAD SAFETY BRIEFING 10 names. Dates, locations and what happened. Updated October 19, 2026 · Reports from October 17–19 An ambulance struck during a patient pickup. Two children injured while riding bicycles. A rollover involving a statewide candidate. Here are ten concise reports identifying the drivers and what authorities say happened. Times are local. DUI, DWI and OUI are the terms used in the cited reports; alleged impairment may involve alcohol or drugs. Charges are allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent.
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Wrong Way at Midnight: The People Behind This Weekend’s DUI Headlines

US DUI news | October 10–12, 2026 Reviewed October 12. This edition includes new crashes and a newly published follow-up to an earlier fatal collision. At midnight in Vermont, police were trying to stop a vehicle traveling against interstate traffic. In Texas a little over two hours later, officers were called to a crash that left a young passenger dead. Meanwhile, a California family was asking what should change after losing two parents in one collision. The latest DUI reports tell three different stories: an attempt to stop an immediate danger, a fatal ride, and the questions that remain after the road reopens.
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They Had the Walk Signal. A Suspected DUI Crash Killed Them.

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October 7, 2026 · U.S. DUI news and case updates reported October 6–7. The collisions below occurred October 3 and October 5; they are not all new crashes from the last two days. The pedestrians were crossing with the signal. The Toyota entering the intersection had a green light. According to Vancouver police, the Jeep did not. That distinction is the starting point for the most consequential update in this article: on October 7, police confirmed that a second pedestrian had died after the Washington collision. Two other cases receiving fresh coverage put names to the consequences of suspected impaired driving: Manuel Cerrillo-Mendoza , arrested after a cyclist's death in California, and Kari Kmiec , accused in the crash that killed James Fornia, 91 , in Colorado. Here is what investigators have reported, where each collision happened, and what remains unresolved. Vancouver: Noah Merchant Arrested; Second Pedestrian Dies Where: NE Andresen Road and NE Van Mall Drive, Vanco...
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