The Downey Police Department will hold a DUI checkpoint on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. at an undisclosed location within city limits. The checkpoint is part of the department’s ongoing effort to reduce impaired driving and enhance road safety.

An elderly woman is dead and another person was injured after an impaired driver careened into a house in Downey overnight, police say. The Downey Police Department put out a press release just before 7 a.

73-year-old woman killed when DUI suspect slams into Downey home New video shows debris flying as the car slammed into the family home, killing one woman and seriously injuring another. DUI driver ...

DOWNEY — A suspected drunk driver is jailed Thursday morning after he crashed into a home in Downey, the second DUI crash and arrest reported in the city in less than 24 hours, police said.