Drunk Driving Kills

After a night of bar-hopping a Johnson City woman is killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in drove off of a road and into a lake. According to the Kingsport Times-News the three victims were driving along a lake road when the driver turned to talk to the deceased victim who was in the back seat of the vehicle as he entered a curve in the road. The vehicle drove off the road and into the lake. The driver and another passenger got out of the vehicle and were not seriously injured.

Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion.

Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In Tennessee in 2008, 327 people were killed in crashes where the driver or motorcyclist had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. That is down from 377 people killed in 2007 with a BAC of .08 or higher.

When you are legally drunk your decision making ability becomes impaired, witness the driver of this vehicle turning around, taking his eyes off the road and crashing into a lake leaving a friend dead and another injured.

If you or a loved one is killed in a Nashville automobile accident involving a drunk driver contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies. We provide a free consultation to victims and their families.