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Police: Off-duty NYPD Officer Richard Christopher was drunk in fatal wrong-way crash on I-87

The off-duty NYPD officer involved in a fatal wrong-way crash on I-87 last month was drunk, according to a new report from state police. Toxicology reports say Officer Richard Christopher's blood alcohol

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Sep 17, 2014, 8:24 PM

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