Recently in DUI Deaths in Philadelphia:

On Saturday morning, Elton Paynter lost control of his car, and crashed into a man waiting for the bus. The victim was not identified, but he died following the accident.

Paynter also suffered minor injuries in the crash. Following his release from the hospital, he was arrested for driving under the influence after police found marijuana and a stun gun in his car, reports Delaware Online. Despite finding the marijuana, it’s not clear if Paynter was high at the time of the Delaware DUI or if he was drunk on alcohol.

Joseph Hammer pled guilty to aggravated assault by vehicle in the fatal Philadelphia DUI that killed David Hall. Hammer avoided the more serious charge of homicide by vehicle and faces four-and-a-half years in jail.

According to The Morning Call, Hammer, David Hall, and Ronald Hall were returning from a Philadelphia Phillies game in late June when they stopped at a bar in Emmaus. After a few drinks at the bar, the three friends drove off with Hammer behind the wheel.

Two recovering alcoholics were killed by a suspected drunk driver in Bangor, Pennsylvania.

According to The Star-Ledger, Keith Michaelson and Michael Zadoyko were riding their motorcycles on Route 512 with a group of recovering alcoholics called the Last Chance Motorcycle Club.

As the group of seven motorcyclists rounded a bend, a retired New Jersey police officer, John P. Heaney III, reportedly struck the group head-on as he drove his pickup truck down the wrong lane of the highway.

Haeney had made too wide a turn and crossed over into the wrong lane, reports the Star-Ledger.

Jackass start Ryan Dunn died in a car accident in Chester County early Monday morning. Dunn, who appeared in all three of the Jackass movies, was 34 years old. A yet unidentified person also died in the crash.

TMZ reports that Dunn was the driver of his Porsche 911 GT3 and that speed may have been a contributing factor in the accident. TMZ is also reporting that hours before the deadly crash, Dunn posted a photo of himself drinking with friends on Twitter. The photo purportedly shows a group of men drinking on "Sunday Night."

Just over a year after 29-year Liliana Acevedo was killed by a hit-and-run driver, police say they have found and arrested the person responsible for her death. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sylvia Lugo, 38, has been charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, DUI and related offences.

Acevedo was retrieving something from the back seat of her car the night of May 1, 2010, when Lugo allegedly crashed into her at the intersection of West Erie Avenue and Third Street. Although Lugo fled the scene, police received a tip that finally lead them to arrest her.

As reported in an earlier post, Bryn Mawr resident Donnie Sayers had rejected the plea agreement offered to him in his fatal DUI case and late last week began jury selection in his trial. However, when jury selection got underway, Sayers had a change of heart, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer, and decided to plead to homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, aggravated assault, theft, and related charges.

In September of 2010, Sayers was high on PCP and had been drinking beer when he ran from police in a stolen Range Rover, hitting speeds of up to 100 mph. Sayer's speeding vehicle slammed into the Jetta carrying Daniel Giletta, 21, a senior at Villanova, and Frank "Patrick" DiChiara, 22, Giletta's roommate. Giletta was killed and DiChiara suffered a brain injury which required months of hospitalization.

Ambler local Andrew R. Meyers, 26, was recently sentenced to serve at least 31 ½ years in jail after he apparently told police he was under the influence of drugs when he ran into a teenager from Lower Gywnedd last March.

Meyers, then a heroin addict, was high on cocaine and marijuana while he drove his pickup truck and sped through a Penllyn neighborhood at 60 miles per hour, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer. He eventually slammed into Penllyn resident Natan Leuhrmann-Cowen, 13, while the young teen rode his skateboard down the street.

Some Philadelphia residents may have heard that the owner of a tavern in Dauphin County recently pleaded guilty to DUI-related charges after one of its patrons, who left the bar intoxicated, got involved in a fatal drunken driving accident in November, 2007. Court documents stated Roseanna Thompson, 22, was served alcohol at the Lamp Post Inn in Middletown even though she was visibly inebriated.

Pennsylvania's Fox News reported that the bar had kicked out Thompson for being rowdy and uncontrollable on the day of the car crash, and a bouncer escorted the patron to her car. Thompson later crashed into another vehicle head-on about 5 miles away from the bar, killing 21-year-old Crystal Rudy and her passenger, 21-year-old Morgan Long.

Police officials reported a 19-year-old man from Philadelphia, whose name was not yet released, will likely face criminal charges for a fatal car crash that killed 49-year-old Camden resident Venustiano Vidals, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Authorities said the man was driving a GMC van when he slammed into Vidal's Ford Windstar minivan in Port Richmond.

Authorities suspected that the 19-year-old may have been driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time the accident occurred. He underwent several tests after the car crash to determine whether or not he was impaired by a particular intoxicant. NBC Philadelphia reported that DUI charges are pending as police further investigate the scene.

Car salesman Michael Donald Hershey, 48, recently turned himself in to Lancaster County police after he was accused of being drunk while test driving a car with two customers in December. The incident led to car crash that killed 48-year-old Jon Christian "Chris" Jensen from Leola and caused injuries to his son, Tyler Jensen.

According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the Jensens had gone to the Imports of Lancaster County to take a look at some sports cars and eventually agreed to take a Mitsubishi Lancer for a test drive with Hershey. Tyler had initially been behind the wheel until Hershey told him to pull the car over in East Hempfield Township.