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Jul-24-2008Extreme Drunk Driving(topic overview)
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According to the state police, Stanley Kobierowski, 34, had a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level at the highest ever recorded by police, setting a new state record. Kobierowski was pulled over by police after driving his car into an electronic message sign on Interstate 95 in Providence. Due to his intoxicated state, police struggled to get him out of his vehicle. He was then taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Maj. Steven O'Donnell, according to the Associated Press. He was arraigned on charges of drunk driving and resisting arrest, but was released after promising to appear Friday at a court hearing. O'Donnell said the man was very lucky to survive, adding that he would have surely killed himself or someone else if he had kept driving in his state. As across the country police are continuously reporting incidents of extreme drunk driving, with people so much intoxicated they should be dead, some states decided to require convicted drunk drivers who have tested well over the legal limit to install in their cars ignition interlock devices that prevent drunks from starting the automobile. [1] The man, identified as Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was taken to the hospital, as Maj. Steven O'Donnell said. He was then put in detoxification unit and sedated. After he was caught drunk on Tuesday, he was charged of driving while intoxicated and also of resisting arrest. Later, he was released as he promised to appear on court on Friday. Kobierowski's phone listing couldn't be found, as well as he didn't have a lawyer in court on Tuesday. O'Donnell stated that the man was lucky not to have been killed or not to have killed anyone, regarding his level of alcohol. Kobierowski is from North Providence and he was driving on Interstate 95 in Providence. After the police stopped him, he had trouble getting out of his car and he refused arrest, obliging the police to carry him to the breakdown lane.[2] Stanley Kobierowski was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said Major Steven O'Donnell. He was arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, and he was released after promising to appear Friday at a court hearing. "The person's lucky they survived," O'Donnell said. "There's no doubt he would have gotten killed or killed someone if he had continued on the route he was taking." A phone listing for Kobierowski could not be found, and he did not have a lawyer in court Tuesday. Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence, O'Donnell said.[3]
New York - Police in Rhode Island say they arrested a man on Wednesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent - the highest recorded in Rhode Island for someone who was not dead. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated after crashing his car. He will appear in court on Friday on charges of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest.[4] A North Providence man was arrested early Tuesday with an alleged blood alcohol level of.491, more than six times the legal limit and said to be the highest ever recorded in the state. Officials said that Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was arrested after he drove into a billboard on I-95. '' Police said Kobierowski had difficulty exiting the car and then grabbed onto the car and refused to move. After state police extricated from the car, he was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital and placed in detoxification. '' By Tuesday afternoon, he was released from the hospital and arraigned.[5] PROVIDENCE -- Rhode Island State Police arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level allegedly was.491 - more than six times the legal limit - which they believe is the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, of North Providence, was arrested after he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence, Maj. Steven O'Donnell said.[6] Police in Rhode Island arrest a man they believe recorded the highest blood alcohol level in the state's history. Thirty-four-year-old Stanley Kobierowski was arrested Tuesday after driving his car into a message board along Interstate 95 in Providence. According to Rhode Island State Police, a breathalyzer test showed that he had blood alcohol readings of.489 followed by.491, which is more than six times the state's legal limit.[7] PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state police say they arrested a man whose blood alcohol level was.491, more than six times the legal limit. They believe it's the highest level ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead. The man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he drove his car into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence.[8]
A Rhode Island man arrested this week for drunk driving had a potentially lethal blood-alcohol level at the highest ever recorded by police, setting a new state record. Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was arrested in Providence, R.I., after smashing his car into an electronic message sign. According to state police, he allegedly blew a.489 and.491 on a Breathalyzer at the scene. That's more than six times the state's legal limit. He was brought to a local hospital and held for two days until sober enough to be arraigned, police said.[9] Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was arrested in Providence, R.I., and charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest after state police say he drove into a highway message board on Interstate 95 and registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.491 percent, the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn'''t dead.[10] Police in the American state of Rhode Island have arrested a man with the highest blood alcohol level ever recorded for someone who wasn'''t already dead. Stanley Kobierowski was pulled over by police after driving his car into a road-side sign on Interstate 95 in Providence. Trans World News reported that when police arrived Kobierowski struggled to get out of his vehicle and then had to be carried to a breakdown lane due to his intoxicated state. When he took a breathalyzer test, the 34-year-old recorded a blood alcohol level on 0.491 per cent, the highest reading ever recorded for a living human being in Rhode Island.[11]
LINCOLN -- A North Providence man was arraigned Tuesday on charges stemming from an accident he allegedly caused while driving with what the State Police say is the highest blood alcohol count in the agency's history. According to information released by the State Police, 34-year-old Stanley Kobierowski of 29 Campbell Avenue, North Providence, was arrested in Providence on Monday, July 21, after police responded to an accident on Route 95 at approximately 11:51 p.m. He was arraigned the following day on charges of driving while intoxicated, BAC of 0.15 or greater and resisting arrest, and was then released on $1,000 personal recognizance, according to State Police Major Steven G. O'Donnell. His BAC readings were 0.489 and 0.491, the State Police said.[12]
Rhode Island State Police arrested Stanley Kobierowski, of North Providence, on Tuesday. Police said his blood alcohol level allegedly was.491 - more than six times the legal limit.[6] According to Rhode Island state police, a Breathalyzer test showed that Kobierowski had blood alcohol readings of.489 and.491. Both are more than six times the state's legal limit. Rhode Island authorities said they believe Kobierowski's blood alcohol level was the highest reading ever recorded in the state for someone who wasn't dead.[13]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State police say they arrested a man early Tuesday whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 percent — the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.[14] Associated Press - July 23, 2008 1:23 AM ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Rhode Island state police say they arrested a man whose blood alcohol level was.491, more than six times the legal[8] A Rhode Island man, who was arrested by Providence police early Tuesday, after he crashed into a road sign, was tested as having a blood alcohol level of 0.491 percent, which is six times the legal limit.[1]
Police in the U.S. have arrested a man whose blood alcohol level was 0.491 per cent - the highest ever recorded in the state of Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead.[3] PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A man whose blood-alcohol level was the highest ever recorded in Rhode Island for someone who wasn't dead was arrested after crashing his car early Tuesday, state police said.[15]
According to a statement from the State Police, the arrest was made after troopers responded to a report of an accident on Route 95 North near the Providence Place Mall, where a pickup truck had allegedly struck a Department of Transportation (DOT) message board. With his vehicle and the message board blocking the roadway, troopers reportedly told the driver, identified as Kobierowski, to get out of the vehicle, which he allegedly had difficulty doing. "They smelled alcoholic beverage all over him and inside of the car," O'Donnell said. "Our troopers had to physically pull him (out)." Once Kobierowski was out of the vehicle, police said, he was walked to the rear of the vehicle by troopers, after which he allegedly "grabbed onto the vehicle and refused to move." The troopers then carried him to the breakdown lane to get out of the lane of travel, with Kobierowski allegedly continuing to struggle with them all the while. Kobierowski was handcuffed, and did agree to a Breathalyzer test, which the State Police say resulted in the aforementioned readings- which they believe "to be the highest blood-alcohol reading by Breathalyzer ever taken by Rhode Island State Police Troopers." A Lincoln Rescue unit was called in due to the high BAC, but the State Police say Kobierowski "became extremely combative" with them. He was transported to Rhode Island Hospital, where police say he "had to be physically restrained by security personnel" while undergoing treatment.[12] "Our only assumption could be that the person has a serious alcohol problem," O'Donnell said. "The person's lucky they survived. There's no doubt he would have gotten killed or killed someone if he had continued on the route he was taking." Kobierowski was taken to Rhode Island Hospital where he was put in the detoxification unit and sedated, O'Donnell said. He was arraigned Tuesday afternoon at the state police barracks in Lincoln and released after promising to appear at hearing Friday in district court.[6] Stanley Kobierowski was discovered driving on U.S. state Rhode Island with a blood alcohol level of 0.491 per cent on Tuesday. He was sedated and taken to a detoxification unit in hospital.[16] Kobierowski was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. He was sedated and taken to a detoxification unit in hospital. Given his record-breaking blood alcohol level, things could have been worse for Kobierowski.[11] Kobierowski, 34, was taken to a hospital, put in the detoxification unit and sedated, said O'Donnell. He was arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, and he was released after promising to appear Friday at a court hearing.[15] "We don't try and differentiate the two, because you could get hurt the same way by anyone," O'Donnell explained. "If someone tries to hurt them, they use whatever (defense) is necessary." Based on what they had observed, the State Police have charged Kobierowski with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. According to their statement, Kobierowski could not be released from treatment until his BAC dropped below 0.08, which is the legal limit beyond which a person can face DUI charges. According to O'Donnell, Kobierowski had no prior record of DUI or any other offenses prior to his arrest Monday night. He is due in the Sixth District Court on Friday, O'Donnell said.[12]
Kobierowski may be Rhode Island's record-setting drunk driver, but across the country police are reporting incidents of extreme drunk driving with recorded blood-alcohol levels reaching limits that doctors say would be lethal to most people. The record-breaking levels have inspired some states to require convicted drunk drivers who have tested well over the legal limit to install in their cars ignition interlock devices that prevent drunks from starting the automobile.[9]
Stanley Kobierowski drove his car into a highway message board on Interstate 95 in Providence, R.I. When police responded to the scene, they saw the highest blood alcohol reading anyone in Rhode Island had ever had and survived: 0.491.[17] Stanley Kobierowski, 34, was arrested early Wednesday after driving his car into a message board along Interstate 95 in Providence, police said.[13]
Stanley Kobierowski'''s blood alcohol level measured 0.491% the highest ever recorded for somebody who didn'''t end up dead. He was sedated and taken to hospital after his arrest for detoxification. Maj. Steven O'Donnell said of Kobierowski'''s condition '''There's no doubt he would have gotten killed or killed someone if he had continued on the route he was taking." [18] A Breathalyzer test showed Kobierowski had blood alcohol readings of.489 followed by.491, O'Donnell said, the highest readings anyone at the State Police or the Department of Health could remember for someone who didn't end up dead.[6] A breath test showed blood alcohol readings of 0.489 per cent, followed by 0.491, O'Donnell said, the highest readings state officials could remember for someone who didn't end up dead.[3]
Rhode Island state authorities believe that blood alcohol level is the highest reading ever recorded in the state for someone who wasn't dead. You must be logged in to rate this story.[7] ' Early Tuesday seems to have a real event as the man broke the records with the highest percent of blood alcohol ever recorded in Rhode Islands, because he wasn't dead.[2]
COPS have arrested a man with the highest blood alcohol level ever recorded for someone who wasn't dead.[16]
A man driving in Providence, R.I. was arrested by the state police and was discovered with a blood alcohol level of 0.491%[2] States with interlock laws are divided between those that require the device for repeat offenders and those based on high BAC levels even for first-time offenders. Earlier this month Florida joined Kansas, Virginia and West Virginia in requiring first-time convicted drunk drivers arrested with blood alcohol content levels of more than.15 to install the devices in their cars.[9]
RHODE ISLAND (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Rhode Island State Police say that they may have arrested someone with the highest blood-alcohol level ever recorded in the state.[19] A man arrested by state police in Rhode Island has become the record holder for the drunkest driver ever recorded.[18]
I am just amazed that someone can have a blood-alcohol level that's that high. The headline says that this is a new state record in Rhode Island so maybe I should just offer my congratulations.[20]
Kobierowski was taken to Rhode Island Hospital and was scheduled to be arraigned later Tuesday on charges of drunken driving and resisting arrest. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.[21] The 34-year-old was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Major Steven O'Donnell said: 'The person's lucky they survived.[16]
O'Donnell said it was unclear whether or not Kobierowski's behavior was brought on strictly by alcohol, but that it did not matter much in the execution of the arrest in any case.[12] O'Donnell says a Breathalyzer test showed Kobierowski had blood alcohol readings of.489 followed by.491.[21] PROVIDENCE, RIRhode Island'''s legal threshold for driving under the influence of alcohol is a blood alcohol count of.08.[5]
The man blew close to a.5, that's six times the legal limit there. Police say it's the highest level ever found for someone who wasn't dead.[19] In November 2007, a 130-pound woman was arrested in Oregon with a blood-alcohol level of.55, seven times the state's legal limit and above the.4 concentration considered lethal according to physicians.[9]
Kobierowski's blood reading level was the highest state officials had ever recorded for a living human being. [16]
Kobierowski was taken to a hospital detoxification center, sedated, arraigned and eventually released after promising to appear at a hearing on Friday.[17]
It sounds like the 34 year old Rhode Island man almost became one of the alcohol related deaths. It's certainly nice to know the risk profile of any drug you're taking. [20] I suspect the poor man in Rhode Island had just finished reading the DMN editorial page and had to drink himself into oblivion to erase the pain. That's the only possible conclusion.[20]
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1. Rhode Island Man Sets Drunk Driving Record
2. Police Catches Man Having 0.491% Blood Alcohol Level
3. Drunk US driver blows .491 - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
4. News - North America: Driver gives new meaning to term dead drunk
5. North Country Gazette » Police: RI Man Had .491 Blood Alcohol Count
6. Police: Man's alcohol level sets record - News - Turnto10
7. 14 WFIE, The Tri-State's News Leader: Be glad you didn't set 'this' record
8. WTHI TV 10 - Terre Haute Weather and News |Police say driver's blood alcohol level was .491
9. ABC News: Alcohol Levels That Should Kill, but Don't
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11. Alleged drunk driver sets breathalyzer record - MSN Odd News | MSN UK News - news & weather
12. Pawtucket Times - Blood alcohol breaks record
13. Police: Alleged Drunken Driver Sets State Breathalyzer Record - Local News Story - WTVJ | Miami
14. The Associated Press: R.I. police say man had 0.491 blood alcohol level
15. New high & low for drunk driver
16. Drink driver is dead drunk | The Sun |News|Expats|Expats News
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19. Local News: Man sets blood-alcohol record in Rhode Island | island, rhode, state : WWMT NEWSCHANNEL 3
20. OPINION Blog | The Dallas Morning News
21. RI cops arrest man with .491 blood alcohol level - BostonHerald.com
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