Drunken driver blew through Omaha cemetery, desecrating grave sites, police say
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A drunken driver drove into an Omaha cemetery early Sunday morning, police say, causing damage to several headstones.
The Omaha Police Department’s Project Night Life social media page posted a photo of the disabled car inside Holy Sepulchre Cemetery near 50th and Leavenworth streets.
50th and Leavenworth Holy Sepulchre Cemetery , DUI driver, .169 BAC.
If you are concerned if a family member’s marker was damaged pls contact the cemetery. Photo by OFC McMorris. pic.twitter.com/bAo9Ou1Hjb
— OPD Project Night Life (@OPDNightLife) October 20, 2024
OPD said the driver had a blood alcohol content of .169%, more than twice the legal driving limit.
