Our Houston injury lawyers can’t emphasize enough how important it is to keep those who’ve been drinking from driving. If you know someone’s been drinking and you know that they intend to get behind the wheel and drive themselves somewhere, do what you can to stop them. Or alert authorities that might be able to stop them for you before a tragedy occurs.
Just this past Saturday evening, a drunk driver ran down two very young boys while they were standing on their own porch with their family having a bar-be-que. They had probably felt themselves safe there. Until Luis Hector Lopez drove his Crown Victoria up onto the porch and killed one young boy. The wreck caused the other young victim to suffer burns over nearly half his body. One young boy is gone. The life of the other boy will never be the same. The whole family will be traumatized by the shadow of this terrible accident probably their entire lives.
This accident so clearly demonstrates the unacceptable cost of letting someone drive drunk. It’s been shown that after a drinker has had a few drinks, he reaches the point where he’s no longer capable of determining on his own the risks and consequences of his drinking. It’s up to more sober people to stop him from getting behind the wheel.
Once again, our Houston injury lawyers urge everyone to do everything in your power to prevent drunken driving. If you know you’re going to be drinking, arrange for a cab or designated sober driver in advance. If you see someone else under the influence, don’t let them behind the wheel. Get a sober driver. Or get the authorities. Just don’t allow more young lives to go to waste because a driver chose to get wasted.
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