Taiwan plans to ramp up punishments for those who cause a fatal accident while drunk driving, including the death penalty for the most egregious cases, sparking an outcry from abolition and rights groups.
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Driver, 28, docked over alleged drunk driving, manslaughter
A 28-year-old driver, Ganiyu Abubakar, who allegedly drove a Mazda car while under the influence of alcohol and killed a man, on Tuesday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos. The police charged Abubakar with five counts of manslaughter, reckless driving, driving under the alcoholic influence, driving without valid driver’s licence and driving […]
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Driver remanded in prison for allegedly causing death of FRSC official
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja on Friday remanded Chibuzor Ezede in prison for alleged dangerous driving resulting in the death of an official of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC). Ezede, a driver who resides Opposite Chief Palace, Garki village, Abuja, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving […]
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Police pull ‘extremely drunk’ British Airways pilot out of cockpit
A British Airways pilot was hauled out of the cockpit by armed police and charged with being more than four times the legal drink-fly limit. Julian Monaghan, 49, was meant to be piloting a Boeing 777 from Gatwick to Mauritius, which would have taken 12 hours. But his colleagues called 999 before the aircraft could […] …
California woman who drove family off cliff was drunk
A woman believed to have intentionally driven her wife and children off a cliff in the US state of California was legally drunk, the local sheriff’s office said. A vehicle owned by the couple — Sarah and Jennifer Hart, both 38 — was found at the bottom of a cliff that overlooks the Pacific Ocean […] …