Houston DWI injury lawyers note that a jury in Harris County will decide the punishment of an illegal immigrant that struck an HPD officer at around 90 mph last year, killing him at the scene of the wreck. The suspect, Johoan Rodriguez, had been deported from the U.S. twice before when he ran into HPD Officer Kevin Will on I-610.
Officer Will had been engaged in the investigation of a motorcycle accident on the North Loop when the impact from Rodriguez’s vehicle severed both of his legs. The motorcycle accident occurred when a hit and run driver, identified as Francesca Cortez by a witness, struck two bikes and dragged one of them for a distance. Johoan Rodriguez, who disregarded police barricades and ran over the HPD accident investigator, was found to have blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in Texas.
Rodriguez admitted guilt to the charge of intoxication manslaughter, which can carry a sentence as light as probation or as heavy as life in prison. Our Houston DWI injury lawyers could see justice in a maximum penalty here.
Johoan Rodriguez seems to be someone with no respect for the law, any law. He has entered the U.S. illegally at least three times. Then while here, he drives while intoxicated. And we don’t see how he could have held a valid driver’s license or insurance at the time of the accident. It’s best to keep him off our roads. He doesn’t respect the law, or other people’s rights to safety.