Drunk Wisconsin Driving Instructor Hit School Principal: Report

GERMANTOWN, WI — Police in Germantown say a driving instructor was more than four times the limit for drunken driving in Wisconsin when, behind the wheel of a car during a driving lesson with a student, he hit a high school principal.

According to a JSOnline report, Just Drive driving instructor Corey J. Malone was in the middle of a driving lesson after school with a student when he drove the car into a metal gate and hit Germantown High School Principal Joel Farren during the fateful Jan. 6 lesson. Farren, who was helping direct traffic outside the school, suffered minor injuries, police said.

Authorities say they caught up with Malone later on at the Just Drive driver's school office. A preliminary breath test recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.32 — which is more than four times the legal limit for drunken driving in Wisconsin.

Malone has been cited for his first drunken driving offense, and has been ordered into court in February. In Wisconsin, a first-offense drunken driving arrest is a civil citation, and not a criminal charge.

According to a WTMJ 4 report, the owner of Just Drive Driving School told police that "he quit drinking at midnight." Malone later said "it was probably closer to 2 a.m., but he was not drunk like that."

Germantown Superintendent Jeff Holmes said the driver's school is not affiliated with the district, yet does pick up and drop off students on school grounds. Holmes said the incident involving Malone has put the brakes on Just Drive driving school's activities for the immediate future.

Holmes said, in part: "The District has advised the private driver education service that it is prohibited from bringing its personnel or vehicles onto District premises until further notice. We recognize that this may temporarily inconvenience students and parents who use this service, and regret that this suspension of the company's access privileges was necessary. Nevertheless, the District cannot ignore clear safety hazards for our staff and students."

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