Nashville Woman Smashes Into The Rear-end Of A Lit Up Parked Metro Police Car
Drunk Driving
Although it may not seem like it today, a Nashville woman who crashed into the rear-end of a parked police car with it’s lights flashing might look back on this early morning event as a turning point in her life. Metro Police Captain Terrance Graves was sitting in his patrol vehicle with the blue lights flashing as he provided security at a construction zone on I-24. The woman simply smashed into the patrol car injuring herself and Captain Graves.
At the scene police investigators charged the lady with reckless driving and said they suspected she was driving under the influence of alcohol. The police have requested blood-alcohol tests be conducted while she is hospitalized. As I said earlier It is my hope that this lady will use this incident to admit and address her drinking problem and seek a solution.
As my goal with this blog is to educate my readers in the hope that you all will practice safe driving and instill in your family and friends the need to do the same. Today I thought I would share some specific information about drunk driving compiled by Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) using statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
On average a human being loses their life at the hands of a drunk driver every 45 minutes. In 2008, an estimated 11,773 people died in drunk driving related crashes, a decline of 9.8 percent from the 13,041 drunk driving related fatalities of 2007. 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 2001, more than half a million people were injured in crashes where police reported that alcohol was present an average of one person injured almost every minute.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Nashville auto accident caused by a drunk driver you owe it to your family to contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation to find out about your rights and remedies.
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