Flanders Dad Drives To Son's Crash, Gets Busted For DWI: Police
A 57-year-old Flanders man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after he drove drunk to his son's crash scene, authorities announced Wednesday, Oct. 14.
On Friday, Oct. 9, officers responded to Pleasant Hill Road for a crash, Mount Olive police said. Joseph Dipaolo, the father of the driver involved in the crash, also responded to the scene, police said.
As officers spoke with Dipaolo, they detected the odor of alcohol and that he appeared to be impaired, police said. He was asked to perform field sobriety tests and was arrested, police said.
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NY Driver Who Killed Woman In Head-On Nassau Crash Charged 11 Months Later: Authorities
A young Capital Region man has been arrested for a deadly car crash that killed a former elementary school teacher last year, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 2.
Cody Dunton, 21, of Canaan, was charged with manslaughter and assault for the wreck that killed Patricia Balcom, the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s office said.
Dunton was driving recklessly on Route 20 through Nassau on Nov. 10, 2025, when he caused the deadly crash, prosecutors said.
He was traveling eastbound on the road when he suddenly swerved into the westbound lanes and struck Balcom’s vehicle head-on, state police…
