PALMDALE, CA — One girl is dead after a car hit a house in Palmdale, California on Sunday, April 20th, 2014, according to a report from The New York Daily News.
Police have said that they have reason to believe 16-year-old Giselle Mendoza was killed when an SUV crashed into the private residence where she was sleeping sometime Sunday night.
Scene of the Accident
Emergency responders pronounced Giselle Mendoza dead on the scene when they arrived. The driver of the vehicle was identified in the report as Roberto Rodriguez, who currently faces drunk driving related charges in connection with the accident.
Authorities hope any eyewitnesses that have not yet come forward will do so in an effort to aid investigators in better understanding the nature of the accident.
Commentary:
Accidents like this are the ones that serve to underline the growing need for comprehensive liquor liability laws in states that do not already have them. For those that don’t know, liquor liability laws, or ‘dram shop laws’ govern the responsible sale and service of alcohol in businesses like restaurants, bars, taverns, and nightclubs. If the driver is found to have come from a bar in a drunk driving accident with a state with liquor liability laws, the bar they came from would be open for punishment right along side the accused driver.
–Grossman Law Offices
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