Williamsburg, VA — A teenage girl was sent to the hospital after her vehicle was hit by a driver police believe was intoxicated at the time. The accident happened in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Saturday, February 14, 2015.
Police were called to the intersection of Richmond Road and Route 199 around 6:30 in the evening to find that Margarito Santos-Andres had crashed his vehicle into the back of a teenage girl driving a Toyota minivan.
The force of the collision caused the girl to rear-end the vehicle in front of her. After the crash, emergency workers transported her to Riverside Regional Medical Center. Officials say that her injuries aren’t considered life threatening.
Police charged Santos-Andres with DUI and placed him under arrest. The investigation into the accident is ongoing.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
I have to wonder if a bar was involved in this accident. In other states, bars are forbidden to sell alcohol to those who are obviously intoxicated. If a person is over-served, and then goes out and gets into an accident, the bar can be held liable for it. And rightly so. If a bar refuses to cut someone off when they’ve obviously had enough to drink, and then that person goes out and gets into an accident, they should be held accountable for that. Unfortunately, Virginia doesn’t have those protections in place. Every time I see an accident like this I have to wonder if it could have been avoided if those protections were there.
— Grossman Law Offices
