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The North Bangor Fireman that rolled a fire truck tanker after the Tatamy parade was drunk according to police.
Zachary Romano the 20 yr old Upper Mt Bethel resident was found to have a BAC of .16, twice the legal residential limit.
Police say Romano brought the alcohol to the parade but they do not know who sold it to him.
Romano has been charged with DUI-highest rate, DUI-commercial vehicle, DUI by a minor, purchase of alcohol by a minor, reckless driving, careless driving and driving on the wrong side of the road.
Read the full story here.
No comments anybody? If that truck would have killed a family of 5, there would be 50 comments on here by now.
Will they ever learn ????
true that Steve!
I really hope they dont take away the parade because of people are being stupid
Did they really expect him to be sobering considering he was returning from the Tatamy carnival!?! Everybody should have known the answer would be yes!
Not all firemen that were at that carnival were drunk and yes, I know this is true! I know quite a few of them. I hope that his irresponsible behavior doesn’t ruin it for all those that respect the law! They just may need to change a few things to make sure this never happens again. Cannot imagine how this young man feels, it’s a life lesson I hope he doesn’t take for granted!
Thankfully no one was injured but think about all that wasted tax payer money needed to repair or replace that truck. Glad I don’t live in Bangor.
Keep the comments coming folks….you have all missed the main point so far.
Renee: This is more of less the definition of learning it the hard way.
Stephen: Maybe you can enlighten us? 9 comments isn’t bad for 3 hrs
Stephen … in your opinion, what is the main point?
How about the fact that he was under age?
could it be that someone saw him drinking at 9:16am and yet still allowed him to drive the truck????
He brought the beer to the parade??????? wink, wink.
Yes, he brought beer, so where were his fellow firefighters (who are supposed to be role models)? They MUST have known he was drinking! Why didn’t anyone take the beer and the truck keys? He should have been kicked off as driver as soon as someone knew he had been drinking-UNDERAGE, and reported to the police. It’s a shame one person gives a whole fire department a bad mark, but someone in the dept. should be grown up enough to say something. Like I said, he is lucky he didn’t KILL/MAIM anyone.
The point is…drinking and driving is still an acceptable behavior amongst those who drink and drive. That is why he drove, that is why nobody stopped him. Those who drink will still drive. It’s easy…drinking robs your ability to make decisions. Nobody gets a pass on this. Political figures, paramedics, police,…anyone is capable of doing it, once their ability to make the right decision is gone.
Simply put..,I am sorry, but this is not a shock.
Stephen, I agree with you completely. Many years ago my ex was involved in a fire company and it was completely acceptable that the firemen drank (after taking equipment to these parades). I was considered the oddball b/c I didn’t agree with this way of thinking. A drunk never sees any harm in what he/she is doing until after hurting someone … once they are sober and thinking clearly.
This should have never happened. Very very expensive loss and had he injured and killed someone …..
who was in charge? where was the lt./chief? who gave him the ok to take it? there are a lot of questions. we are not allowed to drink before, during or while we have the trucks out to any parade. one loser who thought he was cool is going to ruin a great yearly event.
I agree Karl! I would also like to mention that you cannot say that all firemen are to be considered in the same category. My husband and a lot of his fellow firefighters would never think of drinking and driving, ANY vehicle. Like I said, I hope the young man has learned his lesson and that his fellow firefighters did also! They are to be a crew/team, they should be looking out for one another.
To Terry: Actually the passenger Stu got really injured and almost died or at least paralyzed for life. He has several broken bones in his back and neck. Kinda screwed his life up for good.
Why was an under 21 driving a piece of fire apparatus? I thought that state law said that you had to be minimum of 21 years of age?