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State says Redi-Mart in Bernalillo sold driver beer before crash
State investigators on Saturday cited a Bernalillo convenience store suspected of selling alcohol to the 44-year-old Tesuque man who killed five members of a Las Vegas, N.M., family in a Nov. 11 drunken-driving crash on Interstate 25.
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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Drunken-driving deaths declined slightly across the nation in 2005, and the rate of drunken-driving deaths fell in 23 states last year, transportation officials said Friday.
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - New Mexico had 143 fatal drunken driving-related crashes in 2005, ranking the state eighth in the nation, according to federal transportation officials.
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Questions remain in the investigation of the Nov. 11 crash on Interstate 25 that killed five members of the same family and the drunken driver who hit them.
Police are still trying to track down the person or people who might have sold Dana Papst, 44, of Tesuque a six-pack of Bud Light on Saturday evening before the crash. Three cans, which exploded from the impact of the crash, were found at the accident scene and in Papst's truck along with a plastic holder from a six-pack. Investigators don't know what Papst did between his 5:30 p.m. arrival by plane at Albuquerque International Sunport and the highway collision, a little after 8 p.m.
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Ron Rehorn enjoys tending bar at Del Charro, a popular saloon in downtown Santa Fe. But there’s one part of the job he doesn’t like: cutting off inebriated customers.
“It’s my least favorite thing to do,” Rehorn said as he mixed a pink concoction he called a Smirnoff Splash.
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The same technology law enforcement agencies use to detect alcohol on the breath of drunken drivers on the highways has become available to consumers through the Internet and to a lesser extent through retailers.
Family's New Charge 
