A Houston man has been charged with his third DWI after being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
The 73-year-old man was traveling on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when he struck a woman around 10:30 p.m. He continued driving down the roadway but police officials witnessed the accident, pulled the man over and took him into custody.
The man has been charged with his third driving while intoxicated offense and causing an accident that involved death. The man was charged with a DWI in 1994 and again in 2000. He is currently being held in jail on a $60,000 bond.
Our thoughts are with the victim and her friends and family.
A 37-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter following the death of a passenger in his vehicle. The accident occurred around 6:30 AM last Saturday when the vehicle crashed into a stopped 18-wheeler on the shoulder of 610 Loop.
Police said the driver was headed northbound in a GMC pickup truck on the West Loop when he lost control of the vehicle and slammed into the 18-wheeler, which had partially lost its load and had stopped on the freeway shoulder.
The passenger, riding in the front seat, was thrown through the windshield. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver was also injured and was taken to a local hospital. Police have not released the name of the victim nor the extent of the driver’s injuries.
Law enforcement agencies across the state of Texas are increasing patrol of the Labor Day weekend in order to keep an extra eye out for people driving while impaired.
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, Texas has one of the highest rates of alcohol-related car crashes and the extra patrolling for Labor Day weekend is to help prevent this.
The campaign is called “Drink. Drive. Go to Jail” and last year during the crackdown, police officers across the state worked a total of 18,000 hours overtime. TxDOT officials have said that police officers will be on patrol and know what signs to look for in order to spot a drunk or impaired driver.
If you have been charged with drunken driving, contact the Houston DUI lawyers of Johnson, Johnson & Baer, P.C. by calling 713-222-0400 to discuss your legal options.
