Habitual Drunk Driver Runs Over Deputy Sheriff
Stupid Drunk
As an experienced Nashville, Tennessee automobile accident attorney I can tell you that the best way to insure that your teen driver develops good driving skills and learns to practice safe driving is for the parents to teach and practice safe driving as the child matures. Experience gained by watching your parents is a sure fire way to learn the proper skills that you will need to make it safely through your teen age years.
On the other hand, there are drivers like Oda Renee Baker, 36, of Whitesburg, who, while driving under the influence of alcohol, with her 10-year-old son as a passenger, attempted to flee a traffic stop and in doing so ran over the foot of Hawkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Sgt. Scott Alley, before racing away. Ms Baker was driving on a revoked license after having been convicted of three previous DUI’s. What an example she is to her son.
According to an article in the Kingsport Times-News Baker fled south on Route 66 at a high rate of speed, lost control at a curve, and struck a culvert, tree and several large rocks just south of Forest Hills Road. Her son was taken to the hospital and his condition is unknown. She was charged with two counts of vehicular assault, DUI fourth offense, child endangerment, felony evading arrest and driving on a revoked license.
According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration about three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. Over 1.46 million drivers were arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. This is an arrest rate of 1 for every 139 licensed drivers in the United States. In 2008, there were nearly 61 million children age 14 and younger in the United States. This age group made up 20 percent of the total U.S. resident population in 2008. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 3 to 14. In 2008, a total of 1,347 children age 14 and younger were killed in motor vehicle driving crashes. Out of those 216 deaths, about half (99) were occupants of a vehicle with a driver who had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .08 or higher.
If you are the victim of a Nashville or Tennessee automobile accident we urge you to contact our car accident attorneys today for a free consultation. When you hire an auto accident attorney from Phillip Miller & Associates, you’re getting a qualified and dedicated lawyer. Details about our attorneys and staff can be found by viewing our website at www.seriousinjury.com where you can get to know the men and women who will be looking out for your best interest.
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