Suspended cop faces DUI after hitting fire truck



by James Raykie

RIE, Pa. (AP) — Police in Erie have charged one of their own with drunken driving for an off-duty accident in which the suspended officer allegedly rear-ended a fire truck that was backing into its station on Thanksgiving.
Online court records don't list an attorney for 28-year-old Gabriel Carducci. The Erie Times-News (http://bit.ly/1rZHpQp ) reports he was mailed a summons Wednesday on charges of drunken driving, careless driving and not yielding to a fire truck entering a fire station and faces a preliminary hearing Jan. 15.
Police say Carducci was glassy eyed and had a blood-alcohol content twice the state's legal limit for drivers when he crashed about 5 a.m.
Police chief Randy Bowers says Carducci was already put on leave Nov. 10 for another unspecified off-duty incident that is being investigated by outside agencies.
Carducci doesn't have a listed phone.
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