Commerce Township, MI — A woman was killed in a car accident in Commerce Township, Michigan, on Monday, January 26, 2015. The accident took place on Pontiac Trail, just east of the intersection with Beck Road.
The victim of the accident, identified only as a 44-year old woman, was our delivering pizzas for Pizza Hut when she was hit from behind by a Chevrolet Traverse. The collision caused her GMC Jimmy to flip over and catch fire. She was trapped inside the vehicle and died at the scene.
The accident happened around 7:30 in the evening.
Police arrested the driver of the Chevrolet. Officials say that it’s possible the man had been drinking. The man’s name was not released.
The accident is currently under investigation.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
If the driver responsible for the accident was drunk at the time, I have to wonder if he was perhaps drinking at a bar before the accident happened. Maybe he had stopped to have a couple of drinks on the way home. The reason something like this would be important is because Michigan law says that bars aren’t allowed to serve alcohol to someone who’s visibly intoxicated. Why is that? Well, getting a drunk person even more drunk only increases the likelihood that they’re going to go out and get into an accident. If a bar over-serves a customer, and then that customer goes out and hurts someone, the bar has played a role in that. And just like the driver, they should be held responsible. If every bar responsible for accidents like this was actually held accountable, we’d eventually see the number of accidents like this drop.
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