{"id":1950652,"date":"2023-06-18T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-arrested-for-dui-while-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T23:40:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T03:40:22","slug":"driver-arrested-for-dui-while-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-arrested-for-dui-while-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested for DUI while transporting Pittsburgh Pirates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdriver-arrested-for-dui-while-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950652&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bus Driver Arrested for Allegedly Transporting Pittsburgh Pirates While Under the Influence<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-fired-for-running-from-sheriff-after-he-was-pulled-over-for-speeding\/\" title=\"Police officer fired for fleeing sheriff after being stopped for speeding.\">shocking incident unfolded<\/a> when a bus driver was apprehended for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-gunman-in-bronx-shooting-in-custody\/\" title=\"Suspected gunman in Bronx shooting in custody\">allegedly driving<\/a> the Pittsburgh Pirates while under the influence. The events took place as the team was departing Chicago, where they had just concluded a series, and heading towards Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDuring the escort, the bus driver, 61-year-old Ronald E. Funderburke from Shelby, NC, was not following the escort and was traveling away from the escorting officers,\u201d a spokesperson with the Illinois State Police told CWB Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Officers escorting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/driver-arrested-for-dui-while-transporting-pittsburgh-pirates\/\" title=\"Driver arrested for DUI while transporting Pittsburgh Pirates.\">bus noticed peculiar behavior<\/a> from the vehicle, prompting them to take action. The situation escalated when troopers observed erratic driving and eventually pulled the bus over on the right shoulder of Interstate 94 northbound at Dempster Street.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter observing multiple signs of impairment, troopers arrested Funderburke for driving under the influence of alcohol and transported him to Chicago Police Department 16th District,\u201d the spokesperson concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates organization expressed deep concern over the incident. Brian Warecki, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> of communications for the team, emphasized the importance of the safety of their personnel.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe important thing is that all of our personnel arrived in Milwaukee safely,\u201d Warecki said. \u201cBuses are contracted out to a local provider, which was consistent with this trip, and we are now in communication with the appropriate parties regarding this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the unsettling events, the Pirates managed to reach their destination in Milwaukee. However, their luck did not continue as they were swept by the Brewers in a three-game series.<\/p>\n<h3>Bob Huggins, West Virginia College Basketball Coach, Also Arrested for DUI<\/h3>\n<p>In another DUI-related sports news, legendary basketball coach Bob Huggins was arrested on Friday night in Pittsburgh for driving under the influence. The incident adds to the growing concern surrounding DUI cases in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-says-cancel-culture-threatens-freedom\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority says cancel culture threatens freedom\">sports world<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 61-year-old bus driver was arrested for allegedly driving the Pittsburgh Pirates while intoxicated. The bus, carrying the team from Chicago to Milwaukee after a series, was escorted by officers who noticed the vehicle behaving oddly. Ronald E., the bus driver, was apprehended during the escort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":1950653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[10613,4376,6857,7141,4857,11507],"class_list":["post-1950652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-pirates","tag-arrested","tag-driver","tag-dui","tag-pittsburgh","tag-transporting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}