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Weather Related Accidents Lead Cops to Drunk Drivers

Submitted by sue guzman on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 11:36pm

Turns out the snow was good for something after all!

State troopers say the snowy weather over the past couple of days was instrumental in helping them make a couple of DWI arrests in Westchester.

State Police in Somers say the snow was the likely cause of two motor vehicle incidents. One, occurred around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night when cops found a car off the road in a snow bank on State Route 100 in the Town of Somers. The driver, police say, 65 year old Otto Leitner of Somers, was arrested after they determined he had a blood alcohol level of .18%.

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