LAKE WORTH, FL — Al Charles was identified as the man that died in a major car accident that happened in Lake Worth, Florida on Saturday, January 24th, 2015. The news article said that the accidnet happened at about 1:15 Saturday morning.
23-year-old Al Charles was killed when the Volkswagen Tiguan he was a passenger in collided with a Mercury Grand Marquis while driving on South C Street. Police said that the Volkswagen was speeding when it struck the Mercury, which was trying to make a turn at the time of the impact.
Charles was killed in the crash. The driver of the Volkswagen was identified in the news as Yves Janac, who is currently being investigated for drunk driving in connection with the accident.
The Palm Beach County Police are helping with the accident investigation.
Scene of the Accident
View from the Road
Commentary:
Even though Florida is behind the times on liquor liability laws, if the driver of the offending vehicle is found to have been intoxicated, I can’t see too many ways that they wouldn’t be faulted for the accident. In the legal field, we use the idea of negligence per se, where a driver is found to be negligent in action because the accident happened while they were violating a statute, in this case, driving while intoxicated, depending on the findings of the investigation.
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