DWI

Prosecutors said the school bus driver had a blood-alcohol content of .30% — nearly eight times the legal limit for the holder of a commercial driver's license.

Police said the driver crossed a double-yellow line and crashed head-on into a westbound vehicle carrying five people. He was arrested on weapon possession, aggravated DWI and other charges, police said.

A Riverhead police officer working at the scene of a motor vehicle accident in Wading River late last night was injured when a vehicle operated by an impaired driver crashed into his police vehicle, police said in a press release early this morning.

The child critically injured in a crash on Flanders Road Thursday morning has died, New York State Police announced this afternoon.

Riverhead Town Police report the DWI arrest of a man operating a vehicle on Sound Avenue last night with his 2-year-old son in the vehicle.

Thomas Murphy, 60, convicted in December on multiple felonies in the drunk driving death of Andrew McMorris, 12, of Wading River, is now due to appear in court on July 31.

Thomas Murphy, the alleged drunk driver in the fatal crash that claimed the life of 12-year-old Boy Scout Andrew McMorris of Wading River on Sept. 30 will stand trial on multiple felony charges.

Thomas Murphy, 59, had an "extrapolated" blood alcohol content of .19 percent at the time of the crash, based on a chemical test of his blood drawn hours later pursuant to a court order.

Five scouts from Boy Scouts Troop 161 of Shoreham, ranging in age from 12 to 16, were injured when a vehicle driven by an alleged drunk driver hit them as they hiked on the shoulder of a road in Manorville, according to Suffolk County Police.

A Riverhead man operating a construction crane was charged with DWI and leaving the scene after crashing into several cars on the Long Island Expressway Tuesday night, injuring several people and leading police on a chase from Hauppauge to Medford.