FORT WORTH, TX — One man was killed an a traffic accident that happened in Fort Worth, Texas on Sunday, June 8th, 2014, according to the news release from the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Police working the crash believe that 29-year-old Adrian Gallegos was killed when he was hit by a vehicle for reasons currently under investigation while he was walking along or trying to cross Jacksobor Highway around 3:00 Sunday morning.
Scene of the Accident
Adrian Gallegos was pronounced dead shortly after the accident. The driver of the vehicle that struck him was immediately unhurt after the accident.
Fort Worth Police officials were handling the investigation at the time of writing.
Commentary:
I want to talk about something, even though it is not mentioned anywhere in the news article. People automatically assume that alcohol-related accidents have to involve a vehicle of some kind, but they’d be wrong. If a bar over-serves somebody to the point that they cannot drive themselves home, and that person opts to walk instead, only to stumble into traffic and be struck by a vehicle, the bar responsible for serving them could be liable for negligent provision of alcohol. In this case, it would be what is called a first party dram shop claim against the bar, that asserts that without their negligent service, the accident would not have happened.
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