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Two Injured in Alleged Drunk Driving Accident on Beltway 8 in Houston, Texas

HOUSTON, TX — A tollbooth operator and a driver were hurt in an accident that police believe was alcohol related in Houston, Texas on Sunday, April 19th, 2015. News reports out of the greater Houston area said that the accident happened at about 8:30 Sunday morning.

A tollbooth operator and a 21-year-old driver identified as Marcus King were hurt when an SUV struck a tollboth while driving on Beltway 8. News reports did not say exactly how the accident happened.

Both King and the toll worker sustained serious injuries in the accident.

King currently faces drunk driving related charges in connection with the accident.

Scene of the Accident

View of the Road

Commentary:

If alcohol was a factor in this accident like the police allege, then a very real scenario needs to be looked into that may put fault on more parties than just the offending driver of the SUV. What do I mean? Well, given the 21-year-old age of the driver, and 21-year-old’s propensity to drink far beyond reasonable limits, is it really so crazy to think that the driver went out drinking the night before, and when he woke up, he was still impaired and over the legal limit? Believe it or not, these situations happen more often then you’d think. The thing is, for somebody to consume enough alcohol to still be legally intoxicated and impaired almost seven hours after bars normal closing time, the bar would have had to serve them far beyond what Texas allows by law. It may be difficult to “eyeball” the difference between .07, and .08 legal intoxication limits, but for somebody to still be considered legally drunk so many hours after closing time, chances are, the symptoms of drunkenness that legally disqualify bars from serving people would be pretty apparent. If the driver went out the night before, and their whereabouts were tracked to a bar or nightclub, both the bar and the driver can be punished. By no means does this take blame off a drunk driver, it simply addresses all parties and accomplices, which was the intent of the lawmakers that put these rules on the books.

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