As an experienced Galveston accident lawyer, I tend to notice trends like increases in DWI accidents. But I didn’t realize that Halloween weekend was such a big drinking holiday. What precisely is everyone celebrating with so much alcohol?
I first noticed an unusual DWI accident story on a Port Arthur man who made things easy for the police on Friday by crashing drunkenly right into a parked police car. The police were out on a call at a home investigating a burglary when the drunken driver left the road, veered across the lawn, and hit the patrol car before trying to flee the scene.
Then on Saturday on the East Freeway at Market, a man suspected of DWI lost control of his SUV, veered off the road and smashed into a clothing donation bin. The SUV flipped over and ejected the driver from his vehicle. According to reports, the driver is recovering in the hospital from his accident injuries in serious but stable condition.
Early on Sunday, a DWI driver behind the wheel of a Ford Explorer ran a red light and lost control of his vehicle at Market and East Loop. The For Explorer swerved into the median where it flipped over, partially ejecting the driver. The driver’s head impacted the road and the guardrail, and he died at the scene of the wreck. Police say that the vehicle smelled of alcohol and a number of beer bottles were inside.
With at least one serious DWI accident every single day, Houston and the Texas coastal area run well above the national average in drinking-related injuries and fatalities on the road. As a Galveston accident lawyer concerned about the trend, I wonder: has Halloween become another excuse to drink to excess and drive in Houston, TX? Or is the conjunction of all of these DWI accidents with Halloween a pure coincidence?
Law enforcement agencies have been making increasing use of “no refusal” weekends to catch drunken drivers. This Galveston accident lawyer suggests that maybe they need to add Halloween weekend to the list of those weekends on which to conduct their no refusal operations.