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Officials: 7 hours before breath test in fatal crash

By the time he was ordered to have his blood tested for alcohol, the off-duty NYPD officer behind the wheel in an alleged fatal drunken driving accident in Brooklyn was alcohol free, officials said Wednesday.

Officer Andrew Kelly refused a breath test at the scene after responding officers smelled alcohol on his breath and it was seven hours before he was finally forced to submit to a blood...

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