Category: Drunk Driving Accidents

District Attorney Announces New Criminal Charges in Drunk Driving Case Criminal charges have been filed against a bartender and others in connection with a drunk driving accident that claimed the lives of Shayla Joseph and her 3-month-old son Braylan Joseph, according to ABC-13 News.  Prosecutor Sean Teare, Vehicular Crimes Division Chief at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, announced charges against

There is little doubt that the instances of drunk driving have reached crisis proportions in Texas. According to statistics provided by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), in 2013 alone, there were 25,479 drunk-driving-related accidents in the state of Texas, resulting in 15,687 injuries and 1,337 fatalities. That represents 39.5 percent of all traffic fatalities in the state for that year.