DUI Motorcycle Fatality Kills One

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                                   DUI Motorcycle Fatality Kills One
                                   Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) October 11, 2012 – Drinking and driving a car is illegal. Drinking and driving a
                                   motorcycle is as well.

                                   “This case really gets under your skin, because the man who killed his motorcycle passenger should have
                                   known better. He was a former Sheriff’s deputy, with 15 years of service, and was out hooting it up on his
                                   ride, while DUI, lost control, went into a slide and dumped his passenger. She sustained severe head and
                                   neck trauma, and died the next day,” explained Bobby Lee, an Austin personal injury attorney of Lee, Gober and
                                   Reyna in Austin, Texas.

                                   The smart thing would have been not to get on his bike, and not take along a passenger, not when he was three
                                   sheets to the wind. If he wanted to ride drunk on his own, that was up to him. Riding drunk with someone else on
                                   the bike was unforgiveable. “His reckless disregard for another’s life was horrific,” Lee added. “When the
                                   police were informed of the young woman’s death, he was charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and
                                   murder.”

                                   Just shortly after the fatal crash, the police took blood levels from the man, while he was at the hospital. His
                                   blood alcohol level was well about the legal limit. The only question that arose from this case was what the man
                                   should be charged with, and whether or not one of those charges should be murder. He was ultimately charged
                                   with murder, largely because the investigation into the accident revealed he had been speeding at the time of the
                                   wreck.

                                   “To determine the nature of the charges in this case, the police would take at least four factors into
                                   consideration: the blood alcohol level (BAC), any pre-drinking intentions to drive, was the individual aware of the
                                   risk of DWI/DUI and were they driving dangerously,” Lee explained. The man indicated before he started
                                   drinking, that he had every intention of driving home later. His BAC was above the legal limit and there were
                                   indications he was driving recklessly.

                                   Another interesting point about this case is that the man was a former police officer, and as such, would have
                                   known better than to drink and drive. This indicates a higher level of responsibility on his part, for not behaving in
                                   the manner in which he did: but for his choice to drink, drive and speed, his passenger would still be alive.

                                   Drunken driving cases are hard on everyone, and the victim’s family is left with the frozen silence of a voice they
                                   will never hear again, a smile forever gone and a laugh that has been silenced. The greatest horror a family can
                                   face is losing their children before they die. To find justice, seek experienced and compassionate legal counsel
                                   from a personal injury lawyer.

                                   To learn more, visit Austin personal injury lawyer and http://www.rwleelaw.com.

                                   Lee, Gober and Reyna
                                   11824 Jollyville Road, Suite 302
                                   Austin, Texas 78759




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