Drunk Driving Fatalities

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Accidents caused by drunk driving can be prevented only if people had enough discipline. The ads and information campaign are more than enough but people still try to test their limits to a detrimental end. Don't be part of the statistics of drunk driving.

Drink and Drive has become a serious problem all over the world. Over the last few years there has been a steady progress in dropping fatalities due to drink and drive. Several authorities at the state have made their laws very strict for such cases through which they have gained some success.

Washington — In response to the 10,000-plus lives lost in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 2017 in the United States, President Donald Trump has declared December National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.

Wickenburg, Ariz. — On Friday, October 12, 2018, a 53-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle along US 60 near milepost 117. The vehicle traveled through the right-of-way fence and dropped 50 feet, landing in a mesquite tree where it remained suspended above the ground. There were no apparent witnesses to the crash and it would be six days before the woman would be discovered by authorities.

The girl who murdered a guy about the Causeway Bridge when she had been driving drunk was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Olivia Matte took the stand prior to sentencing and gave an emotional apology to the household in a rip filled church.

The passenger killed in Friday's early morning automobile crash in Shasta County was identified.

Daniel Mena was driving his pickup truck that the wrong-way when he struck Brenda Moreno's car in a head-on crash. His blood-alcohol content has been almost 3 times the legal limit. Daniel Armando Mena, 22, was detained following a double-blind trial. Along with the 15 decades, he had been fined $10,000.

Krystil Kincaid, 29, who was eight months pregnant, died when a suspected drunk driver ploughed into her mini-van in San Jacinto on Sunday

A young female driver possibly fell asleep at the wheel, precipitating this strange and tragic outcome.

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Sarah Hyland is grieving the sudden loss of her cousin, who was killed in an alleged drunk-driving accident on Saturday evening. The Modern Family actress took to her Instagram stories on Sunday to reveal that Trevor Canaday, 14, was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 1, along with his dad and Hyland’s uncle Clifford Canaday, who was the driver.

A mother in South Fulton, Ga., is mourning the loss of her 27-year-old son, after pulling up to a fatal car accident to discover that he was the victim. Robin Le-Hanefi told local Atlanta news station WSB-TV about the tragedy that took place on Nov. 16, when she encountered her son driving on Old National Highway, before seeing a cloud of smoke up ahead. Just moments before, Andre Johnson was going along with the flow of traffic. But when she went up to investigate where the smoke was coming from, it was Johnson’s mangled Jeep at the center of it.

Raphael P. Peruzza Many cases of drunk driving violations that occur daily in all countries and each of them may have different ways on how to give a penalty of the violator. To drive under the influence of alcohol is not advisable. As we know it, alcohol can cause changes in the brain. Under alcohol, the brain may not function well because it is too much affected by the chemical composition of these drinks. In extreme cases, some countries may impose on heavy penalties to violators. Offenders may sometimes end up in jail for many years and may never drive again all through his life.

AKRON — Police say speed appeared to be a factor in a car crash in Ohio that killed all four people in the vehicle. Akron police say the car must have been traveling at an excessive speed Monday when it went off the road and crashed into a retaining wall and a light pole before bursting into flame. Police say the speed limit on that stretch of road was 25 mph. The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday that two of those killed in the crash were 29-year-old Colleen Wood, of Akron, and 29-year-old Alex Lester, of Ravenna. Two men who also were killed haven't been identified.

Working with a trauma surgeon, a car crash expert and artist Patricia Piccinini, the government organisation built Graham – an interactive sculpture that shows how the human body would need to change to withstand a car crash.