Drunk Driving | Kalamazoo Public Safety

KALAMAZOO, MI: On Sunday, October 2, 2016, at approximately 0400 hours officers responded to the area of Douglas and Paterson for an unknown accident. The caller reported that a vehicle had crashed and was upside down. The first arriving officers located one lone male occupant trapped inside the vehicle. The male inside the vehicle had visible injuries however remained conscious and alert as officers utilized the hydraulic tools from the fire engine to pry and cut an opening into the vehicle.

Once there was access into the vehicle, the male was able to maneuver himself away from the back window and out through the opening created. Officers and LIFE paramedics assisted the male into the ambulance where he was taken to Bronson Hospital for further treatment.

Charges are being sought against the 23 year old Kalamazoo resident for Operating While Intoxicated and Driving without a License.

Anyone having information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 337-8994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.

Authority: Sgt. Gerald Bentley

Date: October 3, 2016
Address: 150 E. Crosstown Pkwy. Suite A, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Contact: Captain Vernon Coakley, Operations Division, 337-8142

Kalamazoo, MI: During the morning hours of September 18, 2016, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety responded to two separate single car motor vehicle accidents. Both accidents involved lone occupant drivers that were to found to have been drinking and driving.

The first accident was reported at 0753 hours in the area of Duke and Denway. Public Safety Officers quickly responded to find a pickup truck that had drove though a small storage shed. The driver was still in the vehicle, uninjured, trying to negotiate his pickup truck out of the building. Due to the truck being lodged on top of snow maintenance equipment, he was stuck. The preliminary investigation led to probable cause to arrest the driver for Operating a Motor Vehicle while intoxicated.

The second accident occurred at 0832 hours in the entrance of the Dover Hills Apartment Complex. Public Safety Officers with a full complement of fire and rescue responded to a single motor vehicle roll-over accident. The lone occupant and driver of the vehicle was found outside of his vehicle, with minor injuries. He was transported to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Through the investigation it was found the driver, who was under the influence of alcohol, attempted to negotiate a 90 degree right turn at a high rate of speed. The turn was non-negotiable and the vehicle collided with the entrance sign to the apartment complex which included a very large boulder. The force of the impact sent the large boulder, which exceeded 800 pounds, across the roadway causing the vehicle to flip onto its roof. The preliminary investigation led to probable cause to arrest the driver for Operating a Motor Vehicle while intoxicated and open intoxicants.

The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety strongly encourages motorists to not drink and drive.

Anyone having information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at 337-8994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.

By authority of: Sgt. Kenneth Skibbe

Date: September 18th , 2016
Address: 150 E. Crosstown Pkwy., Suite A, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
Contact: Captain Vernon Coakley, Operations Division, 337-8142

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