LOL. Priest Charged with Drunken Driving after Crashing into Restaurant

SMITHVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Roman Catholic priest is charged with drunken driving after crashing a pickup truck into a restaurant and injuring ten people in Smithville, Texas.

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Adkins says five of the victims were taken to hospitals Monday night, none with life-threatening injuries, after the Reverend Karel Fink’s pickup smashed about ten feet into the restaurant.

Adkins says the priest’s blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit after the crash, and that Fink told authorities he accidentally pressed the gas instead of the brake.

The Diocese of Austin says Fink was released from alcohol treatment within the past couple of weeks.

Bishop Gregory Aymond says, “Obviously he needs more treatment to continue his recovery.”