Limo Driver Drives Drunk

Limo Driver Charged With Drunken Driving After Prom Ride

EVANS, N.Y. (AP) - It's a parent's nightmare: Hire a limo to get the kids to and from the prom in one piece, and the driver shows up drunk.

Police said Paul Dombrowski had a blood-alcohol level of .34, more than three times the legal limit. Dombrowski, 36, was charged with drunken driving and endangering the students.

"The kids were hysterical," Officer Dennis Feldmann said. "They were begging him to drop them off."

They ordered him to stop after he narrowly avoided crashing the limo several times early Saturday, after the prom in this town about 20 miles from Buffalo.

"I started slapping his cheek. He was just staring out," 15-year-old Cory Herc said. "I just reached over, turned off the car and took the keys."

Police said they found an empty one-liter vodka bottle, along with a half-empty bottle, in the limousine.

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