Recently, Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Price- Brent was charged with intoxication manslaughter concerning a car accident that killed his teammate and best friend, Jerry Brown. 24-year-old Brent was driving a car at a high speed on Highway 114 when the car clipped a curb and flipped over, landing in the middle of a service road. Based on field sobriety …
Paralyzed Texas Girl Writes Drunk Driver a Letter
Recently Xitclalli Vasquez of Fort Worth wrote a letter to the drunk driver who changed her life forever, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. The nine-year-old hopes her letter will change him forever too. The accident occurred on July 9, 2011, days before she celebrated her eighth birthday. She had just spent the day at North East Mall in …
Drunk Driving Suspected in Fatal Dallas Crash
Drunk driving is suspected in last night’s devastating accident in Dallas, which killed two adults and critically injured an 8-year-old girl. Witnesses say a driver sped through a red light and plowed into 3 vehicles. One of the vehicles slammed into a utility pole, instantly killing two adults inside and ejecting the girl onto the street. It is unknown if …
Is Drunk Driving Criminal Law or Civil Law?
There are two areas of law in our legal system — civil law and criminal law. Civil law and criminal law are controlled by different sets of courts, but there the two areas can share a lot of similarities. Sometimes, a case may be handled in both civil and criminal courts. One example is an accident involving drunk driving. Drunk …
Two Die After Fiery Dallas Car Crash
Recently there was a seven car pile-up in Dallas that ended in two deaths and three people being sent to the hospital. Police believe that the accident was a result of racing and drunk driving. The tragic accident sounds like a scene from an action movie. A Chevrolet Chevelle and a Ford Mustang began racing on southbound Interstate 35E. Then …
“Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.”
Over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, the Texas Department of Transportation’s, “Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.” campaign will be in full force. Last year seven people were killed because of alcohol-related crashes during the Labor Day holiday weekend. More alcohol-related crashes occur between 2 a.m. and 2:59 a.m. than at any other time during the day, and more of those …
Mother Severely Injured by Drunk Driver Speaks Out
Aries Llamas is now speaking out against drunk driving after she was hit by a drunk driver and is now forced to learn how to walk again. One month after the 20-year-old, mother of two children was married, a drunk driver hit her car head-on. The accident caused her legs to go into her pelvis, her spleen was pierced and …
Three Dallas Children Die in Drunk Driving Accident
In Montana Vista, NM three children from Dallas, TX were visiting their grandfather when they were struck and killed by a white Ford F-250 that ran a stop sign. The Ford hit the Chevrolet Impala the children were riding in. Their grandfather and a female passenger also died at the scene. The 23-year-old driver of the vehicle, Alberto Coronado, is …
Drunk Driver Crashes into Texas Store and Hits Clerk
Recently a 28-year-old Texas store clerk was just standing behind the counter at work when a drunk driver drove through the wall and crashed into him. A video of the accident shows Rajmish Kumar of Navasota, Texas was working the cash register at Hi Ho Store and Café when the 2001 Honda Passport came through the wall and sent him …
Drunk Driver Kills Waxahachie Police Officer
Officer Josh Williams, a 17-year veteran of the Waxahachie Police Department was killed after being hit by a suspected drunk driver this past weekend. Officer Williams was in his police cruiser on North Highway 77 when a 24-year-old man driving a SUV hit him. Williams was responding to a reported disturbance at Taco Bell when the accident occurred. He was …
