In short, 2 police officers (a husband and wife), were drunk, speeding, and riding a motorcycle helmetless and were both killed in a one vehicle wreck (in other words, they didn't hit anyone else). Just a short time earlier, they were hanging out and getting drunk with a group of other police officers who were also riding their motorcycles.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=127159&SecID=2

Submitted on 12/29/2004

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Daniel said:
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I love this one. Both experienced cops who know what drunk driving can do, riding a bike without a helmet (which removes the bystander issue for me.) AND drunk way beyond the level of accidental overuse.

Jack said:
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To me, what really makes this more than just another ho-hum drunk police accident story is that the wife was the Austin Police Commander (and had a blood alcohol count of 4 times the legal limit - her husband, the driver had a bac of 3 times the limit)!

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