State police say a New York City police officer was drunk when he drove the wrong way on the state Thruway last month and crashed head-on into another car, killing both drivers.
They say toxicology tests from an autopsy found that Officer Richard Christopher’s blood-alcohol content was 0.21 percent, more than twice the legal level.
Christopher was off duty when his pickup truck, going south in the northbound lanes in Rockland County, crashed into an SUV driven by James DeVito of Airmont on Aug. 12.
The state police also say two witnesses reported seeing Christopher, of Suffern, driving in the correct direction, then making a U-turn to go the wrong way.
The state police say no drugs were found in Christopher’s system and no drugs or alcohol in DeVito’s system.
(AP)
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If his BAC was .21, it’s surprising he got to the highway in the first place.
Im not surprised he got to the highway. After all he was an off duty cop. .21 bac is unfortunately normal for them. How many times do we hear of such accident? Cops are not automatic tzadikim.