Seymour Officer Crashes DARE Trailer While Allegedly Driving Drunk

Police say a Seymour police officer pulling a Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, trailer crashed into another car and a tree while driving drunk.

Indiana State Police are investigating, since the accident involved a Seymour officer, but happened in Salem, Indiana.

On Friday, John Newcomb was arraigned in Washington County Court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

"We woke up to the loudest crash, bang, that I'd ever heard in my life," said Tina Robbins, who says she thought she heard a lightning bolt hit her house.

When she looked out into the street in front of her Main Street house, she realized that a pick-up truck ran off the road, hit a parked vehicle and then struck a tree.

"There was the truck, right there, wrapped around the tree with, of course, the Seymour Police DARE trailer on the back," said Robbins.

Police say the truck was driven by Seymour Police Officer John Newcomb, who they say admitted drinking and failed several field sobriety tests.

According to a report, his blood alcohol content was 0.14, nearly twice the legal limit.
Police say Newcomb received minor injuries, but refused treatment.

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