Thursday, July 29, 2010 Plainfield Township (PA) police say the man who crashed a North Bangor Fire Department fire apparatus earlier this month was driving drunk and had a beer in his hand. In a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, police say Zachary R. Romano, 20, of Upper Mount Bethel Township registered a 0.16 percent blood-alcohol content after he crashed a Mack fire engine July 10 on Kesslersville Road in Plainfield Township.

A passenger riding with Romano at the time of the crash said Romano had bought a 30-pack of Coors Light from a Stockertown beer distributor earlier in the day before heading back to the fire department with the beer. The driver of another firetruck told police Romano had a beer in his hand while in the North Bangor truck. Romano is charged with DUI, drinking while underage and reckless driving, among other related offenses.