An allegedly drunk driver in Houston is accused of striking and killed a pedestrian Tuesday.

According to Houston police, 49 year-old James John Onak struck and killed Fadel Steadman and kept going after the victim had crashed through the windshield and landed next to him in the passenger’s seat. Police say Steadman’s car broke down in the emergency lane around 12:30 a.m. and he was running back and forth across the freeway when he was struck.

Authorities say Onak did not realize what had happened until he was pulled over by police 10 minutes after the Houston drunk driving accident. Police say Onak claimed he was aware he hit something, but not that a body was lying beside him.

Investigators say toxicology results are expected in the next few days.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and friends during this difficult time.

A Houston man involved in a fatal car accident Sunday was arrested on drunken driving charges.

According to investigators with the Houston Police Department, 27 year-old Porfiro Curz Almendarez was charged with driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning. Police say Almendarez was driving a green Mazda 626 and turning south onto Campbell Road shortly after 2:00 a.m. when he allegedly failed to yield the right of way.

Almendarez allegedly pulled in front of a black Mitsubishi Lancer that was traveling east on Clay Road. The Mazda and the Mitsubishis collided in the intersection, authorities said.

The female driver of the Mitsubishi was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Her identity has not been released.

If you have been charged with drunk driving in Houston, please contact the Houston drunk driving attorneys of Johnson, Johnson & Baer P.C. at 713-222-0400.

The recent fervor over a recent proposal to institute a new “driving-while-ability-impaired” law is dying down, and policymakers say it is unlikely to work out.

The proposal would make it so that those who imbibed moderately might still be punishable for illegal drinking and driving even if their blood alcohol level was under the currently legal limit of 0.08.

“It created a lot of dialogue, but I don’t think will ever be workable,” state Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire, D-Houston.

The idea would not lower the legal alcohol limit, but instead create a new classification for those with blood alcohol levels between 0.05 and 0.07.

“If you’re going to write up people for that and test ‘em on the side of the road for that, you’d probably have to shut down all your bars and restaurants and your sports events. … Essentially, wine with dinner would have to go out the window,” Whitmire said.

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Former NFL quarterback, Dan Pastorini, was suspected of drunk driving in Bryan. According to KBTX, “The former Houston Oilers player was arrested in April after a late night traffic accident.”

Pastorini said no to a breathalyzer. A search warrant was issued for his blood. The results have come in, and the Brazos County Attorney’s Office is continuing with the prosecution. They have not released the numbers, but the Attorney’s Office believes they are high enough to proceed.

The former Oiler was in Bryan for a charity gold tournament.

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Police report that Friday night a drunk driver crashed into a family of seven, injuring them all.

The incident occurred at the intersection of 249 and North Houston Bammel when the driver of a white Chevy pickup truck ran a red light and struck the family’s vehicle.

“We have witnesses that say that vehicle was weaving in and out of traffic,” Sgt. S. Wolverton of Harris County Sheriff’s Office said. “We have a couple of witnesses who say they had to swerve to avoid being struck by that vehicle.”

According to one witness, who narrowly avoided the truck’s erratic movements prior to the accident, the driver was “drunk as a skunk.”

Four occupants of the vehicle struck were children, one as young as 3 months old.

They were all taken to local hospiatls, some with more serious injuries than others. All are expected to make a full recovery. The driver of the truck was not injured.

Police found open, still-cold beer cans in the truck. The driver was uninjured, and faces charges of intoxication assault.

A 19-year-old Houston man is facing potential charges of intoxication manslaughter following an early Sunday morning drunk driving crash that resulted in the death of a 4-month-old girl.

The terrible accident occured around 4 a.m. in the 700 block of Coral when the man ran a stop sign, drove up the driveway of a nearby home and smashed through a wall of the residence. He then fled the scene of the crime before police found him at his home in the 7500 block of Satsuma.

A 4-month-old baby girl was rushed to the hospital and put on life support, but died Monday. Her death will allow prosecutors to escalate charges from intoxication assault to intoxication manslaughter. They are also expected to charge him with failure to stop and render aid involving serious bodily injury. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of ten years.