Texas car crash attorneys point out that this incident happened in San Antonio, TX and not Harris County this time. A suspected drunken driver made a U-turn right into a police cruiser. For those of you who might doubt that alcohol impairs your judgment, just look at the recent rash of accidents involving drunken drivers careening right into law enforcement vehicles.
In case you also doubt that alcohol slows one’s reaction time, notice that this drunken driver failed to notice and avoid the police cruiser. After crashing into it though, the drunken driver did finally notice that something was amiss.
The driver tried to flee the scene of the crime, but hit a curb, lost control of the vehicle, took out two guardrails, and then wound up in a VIA transit parking lot. (Another delayed reaction: this drunken driver clearly would have been better off having taken public transportation in the first place. But too late now.)
The injured drunken driver received transportation to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries from the crash. Police say they will charge the driver with DWI and fleeing the scene of the accident. Texas car crash attorneys note that the police officer in the wrecked police cruiser fortunately did not receive injuries from the drunken driver’s reckless behavior.