Nashville College Student Faces Serious Felony Charges Following A Fatal Drunk Driving Car Accident
The Downside Of Driving And Drinking
Since the topic of the day for my Blog “The Tennessee Auto Accident Attorney” is drunk driving fatalities, I was drawn to a report on several Nashville news outlets this morning regarding the arrest and an indictment of a Nashville college student on a number of charges, including vehicular homicide by reckless conduct, vehicular homicide by intoxication, aggravated assault and two counts of vehicular assault, for a one-car accident in which her passenger was killed and the other passengers were injured.
We have recently found out that fatality rates from drunk driving accidents have fallen in Tennessee, which is a sign that educational and enforcement actions are having the desired result. But those statistics are surely no comfort to the parents of a 20-year-old Shelbyville man who was killed as the result of the accident.
The facts are sketchy but it appears the young woman was driving in South Nashville at 4:30 Am when she lost control and drove into a ditch, struck a utility pole and rolled over and ended up on the top.
Historically, most drunk drivers are males but statistics show that the number of women driving under the influence is definitely on the rise. Between 2004 and 2008 in Tennessee, impaired women drivers involved in fatal crashes increased by 4.7 percent.
Ultimately the driver of the vehicle is the one responsible for saying no to drunk driving, but when youth is involved the thing that is going make a difference is parental training. How did we as parents teach our children about the dangers of drinking and driving. Teaching our children is more than just telling them not to do it, bad things will happen, it’s about teaching by example. How we drive is how they are going to drive.
If you or a loved one is killed or injured in a Tennessee automobile accident involving a drunk driver you owe it to yourself to take advantage of a free consultation with the experienced Nashville car accident lawyers and find out about your rights and remedies. I mean, what do you have to lose? Choose a certified civil trial lawyer with years of “boots on the ground” experienced. That lawyer can be found at Phillip Miller & Associates.
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