<P> In the episode `` Aftershock '' , Kincaid is killed just as she is considering leaving the DA 's office ; her car is struck by a drunk driver as she takes an inebriated Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) home from a bar . McCoy is haunted by her death , as evidenced by his intense , legally questionable efforts to prosecute a drunk driver and his indignation at being questioned about the circumstances of her death . Following her death , Briscoe re-enters Alcoholics Anonymous and remains sober for the rest of his life ; it is implied that he feels his drinking was responsible for her death . </P>
<P> In the episode `` Aftershock '' , Kincaid is killed just as she is considering leaving the DA 's office ; her car is struck by a drunk driver as she takes an inebriated Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) home from a bar . McCoy is haunted by her death , as evidenced by his intense , legally questionable efforts to prosecute a drunk driver and his indignation at being questioned about the circumstances of her death . Following her death , Briscoe re-enters Alcoholics Anonymous and remains sober for the rest of his life ; it is implied that he feels his drinking was responsible for her death . </P>
on law and order what happened to claire kincaid
on law and order what happened to claire kincaid
killed just as she is considering leaving the DA 's office ; her car is struck by a drunk driver as she takes an inebriated Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) home from a bar
killed just as she is considering leaving the DA 's office ; her car is struck by a drunk driver as she takes an inebriated Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ) home from a bar