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Off-Duty EMT Arrested After Drunk Driving and Hitting Parked Car, Cops Say

 Billy Rivera, 36, an FDNY EMT was arrested Tuesday night in Carroll Gardens.
Billy Rivera, 36, an FDNY EMT was arrested Tuesday night in Carroll Gardens.
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CARROLL GARDENS — An off-duty FDNY emergency medical technician plowed into a parked car while driving drunk Tuesday night, police said.

Billy Rivera, 36, hit the car around 10:50 p.m. at the intersection of Hicks and Rapelye streets, according to cops.

The city employee was arrested after the crash and charged for driving while intoxicated, unlicensed driving and refusal to take a breath test, police said.