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Off-duty Cop Hits Police Vehicle, Charged With DWI

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published March 20, 2017 at 4:35 PM EDT

A police officer has been charged with driving while intoxicated after he slammed into a vehicle belonging to another law enforcement agency.

The Albany Times Union reports the town of Colonie Police Department says Monday that 26-year-old Kevin McKenna, a Troy police officer, was off-duty driving his pickup truck when he crashed into a marked police van at an intersection around 12:30 a.m. Saturday.

No one was hurt. McKenna was charged with DWI. He’s been on the Troy force since 2015 and his superiors have relieved him of his duties pending an investigation into the crash.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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