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Police Officer Injured in Alleged Drunk Driving Accident on North Main and Long in Fort Worth, Texas


FORT WORTH, TX — A Fort Worth police officer was taken to a hospital after a collision in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, June 16th, 2014, according to the news article from My Fox DFW.

Authorities from the Fort Worth Police Department say that an as-of-yet unidentified police officer was injured when the patrol vehicle they were driving was struck by a vehicle that is believed to have run the red light while driving through the intersection of North Main and Long Avenue around 2:30 Friday morning.

Scene of the Accident

 

 

The officer was taken by EMS personnel to a nearby hospital with unspecified injuries.

Authorities believe alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident, and expect to release the findings of their investigation at a later date.

Commentary:

There is one fact that was reported in the news that screams ‘dram shop’, and that is the fact that the crash transpired just half an hour after the 2:00 a.m. last call for alcohol in Texas bars. What significance does this hold? Plenty, the State of Texas has equipped its residents with means of holding bars, liquor stores, and other alcohol-centric businesses to a higher standard than anywhere else. In a third party claim, a bar can be found liable for the accidents of their customers when they fail to serve them responsibly. If the offending driver was served beyond the point of intoxication, the bar that fueled them could be responsible in some part.

–Grossman Law Offices

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