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Five Counts of Intoxicated Manslaughter

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by: Drekonix Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 10:53am  
Wrong way driver kills 5 in fiery crash on Beltway 8 near Wilson Rd, charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter. (westbound).Multiple Sources, Video Included:abc 13 -http://abc13.com/traffic/crash-involving-wrong-way-driver-kills-five/147849/click 2 Houton -http://www.click2houston.com/news/breaking-five-dead-in-crash-on-beltway-8/26721786Text Only:Montgomery County Police Reporter -http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/update-5-killed-on-sam-houston-toll-road/The Observer -http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/humble/news/man-charged-with-intoxication-manslaughter-in-fatal-wrong-way-beltway/article_dba362b9-0d0c-5bd4-875d-4229479fceda.htmlHouston Press -http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2014/06/man34_charged_in_beltway_8_accident_that_killed_five_including_child.php 4951
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MTechnique Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 10:57am  
I read about that this morning, absolutely mind blowing. How do these idiots keep managing to end up going the wrong way on the highway? How insanely drunk do you need to be to drive a 7000lb vehicle head on into another truck full of people? 4951
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goldie Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 10:59am  
It's happening too often! Really sad. 4951
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2danes Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:05am  
I just saw it on the news. It's really terrible and sick how many drunk drivers are in Houston. It seems like every week there is some drunk pos driving down the wrong side of the freeway. So basically no one should ever leave there house at night. All the drunks are out. 4951
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MAHM Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:11am  
I'm trying to remember the case around 1999-2000, when (I thought) a precedence was set to charge a drunk driver with murder rather than manslaughter in certain situations.I tried to Google it, but I think the story is too old.I'm remembering a family driving home from Hobby airport. Dad, Mom & 3 children in an SUV. Dad and Mom were both lawyers. Mom had just decided to leave her job to stay home with the kids. She was the only survivor when a drunk truck driver turned his 18-wheeler over on the SUV killing the Dad and the 3 kids.I remember it being a big deal because it was the first case in which a drunk driver was convicted of murder in the State of Texas. 4951
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2danes Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:13am  
You have to be so drunk out of your mind to get on the freeway on the wrong side. Im so sick of all the drunk drivers. 4951
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angiekaye Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:27am  
so terrible!  Between all the soccer watching and now the start of the holiday week, it will only get worse!    I say stay at home where its safe.Many prayers for the innocent. 4951
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thetarget9 Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:32am  
I agree...this is happening more and more.  How drunk do you have to be to drive on the wrong side of the freeway?  Perhaps the death penalty should be enforced on these types of offenses. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:34am  
I think there needs to be wrong way spikes at any entrance of a freeway where there is bars and restaurants that serve liquor  4951
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MTechnique Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:35am  
I agree 100% on the death penalty when live(s) are taken.All of this reminds me of the David Barajas case last year where the Alvin, TX man
who had  just watched a drunk driver at twice the legal limit smash into his
truck and kill his 11 and 12yr old boys. He approached the drunk drivers wrecked Malibu and fired a single shot into his head.Swift  justice.He is still in prison on murder charges. I don't think he's seen trial
yet but I hope he's acquitted or the jury nullifies the charges. 4951
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goldie Active Indicator LED Icon 17
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:35am  
I'm trying to remember the case around 1999-2000, when (I thought) a precedence was set to charge a drunk driver with murder rather than manslaughter in certain situations.I tried to Google it, but I think the story is too old.I'm remembering a family driving home from Hobby airport. Dad, Mom & 3 children in an SUV. Dad and Mom were both lawyers. Mom had just decided to leave her job to stay home with the kids. She was the only survivor when a drunk truck driver turned his 18-wheeler over on the SUV killing the Dad and the 3 kids.I remember it being a big deal because it was the first case in which a drunk driver was convicted of murder in the State of Texas.
 
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I remember that story - so sad. I think the dad had been out of town and they had just picked him up. The kids were young. 4951
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2danes Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:41am  
It seems like a loosing battle. If these people drink all the time and drive drunk all the time how can you get them to stop. Im sure they don't give a crap or worry about hurting someone. You think if they had much more harsh penalties for driving drunk maybe there wouldn't be so many drunk driving deaths. Why is it that Houston has more drunk driving deaths than anywhere else. Why is that ? 4951
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MAHM Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:42am  
I agree 100% on the death penalty when live(s) are taken.All of this reminds me of the David Barajas case last year where the Alvin, TX man
who had  just watched a drunk driver at twice the legal limit smash into his
truck and kill his 11 and 12yr old boys. He approached the drunk drivers wrecked Malibu and fired a single shot into his head.Swift  justice.He is still in prison on murder charges. I don't think he's seen trial
yet but I hope he's acquitted or the jury nullifies the charges.
 
@MTechnique: It was definitely a crime of passion and not premeditated. I hope they can use a temporary insanity defense or something. If someone killed my kids in front of me, "accident" or not, I couldn't guarantee that I would remain sane in that moment.
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MTechnique Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:45am  
If memory serves his wife and infant child were inside the cab of the truck at the time. He and his slain boys were pushing the truck which had run out of fuel a less than 200ft  from their home. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 11:45am  
@2danes: I hear ya. I have one family member who is always drunk. I don't think I have seen him sober in years. I'm amazed he hasn't killed someone yet. If he ever does, I will not defend him like I see some family members do. That is not an accident. It is an intention irresponsible act to get behind the wheel after drinking. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Jun 30, '14 12:22pm  
I drove past the aftermath on the way to work this morning. They had the entire westbound lanes closed. 4951
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