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Party Bus Driver Linked to “You Drink I Drive” Crash

7/12/2026

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Investigators linked the driver to a Facebook page advertising “YOU DRINK I DRIVE.”
Gary Fidell Kearse III, 58, crashed a party bus into parked vehicles and a vacant house in Raleigh early Saturday and is now held without bail on seven charges including DWI in a commercial vehicle.
He previously faced an April DWI with a 0.23 blood alcohol level and a June hit-and-run while driving with a suspended license.

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Investigators linked the driver to a Facebook page advertising “YOU DRINK I DRIVE.”
Gary Fidell Kearse III, 58, crashed a party bus into parked vehicles and a vacant house in Raleigh early Saturday and is now held without bail on seven charges including DWI in a commercial vehicle.
He previously faced an April DWI with a 0.23 blood alcohol level and a June hit-and-run while driving with a suspended license.