HOUSTON, TX — Buck Bedia was identified as the man that was seriously hurt after an accident with an alleged drunk driver in Houston, Texas on Friday, February 27th, 2015. News reports did not say when the accident happened, exactly.
34-year-old Buck Bedia was hurt when he was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Smith and Hadley. Officials said that the accident happened when he was struck by a vehicle while waiting to cross the street.
Bedia was hurt in the accident. The driver of the offending vehicle was identified in the news report as Dominique Goings, who currently faces drunk driving related charges stemming from the accident.
The Houston Police are investigating the accident at this time.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
I see two major red flags about this accident in the news. The fact that the victim was not in the road and was waiting to cross, and the fact that the driver of the offending vehicle faces drunk driving related charges stemming from the accident. With this accident, I’d be very, very curious to know if the offending driver had just left a bar before the accident. What does this matter in the grand scheme of things? Well, quite a bit, actually. If the offending driver decided to spend his evening at a bar, where they were served alcohol, and continued to be served despite their obvious symptoms of intoxication, then the bar can be seen as an accomplice, just as getaway drivers are seen as an accomplices to robberies. The State of Texas holds bars and other licensed liquor establishments to very high standards when it comes to serving alcohol, and if these standards and guidelines were violated with this driver, then the family can and should hold them responsible for the role they played in the accident.
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