Drunk Driving – An Ongoing Epidemic
It is not an overstatement to say that every week we read about, hear about or Coluccio Law is contacted by the victim of a drunk driver. The statistics are grim. The CDC estimates 29 people die in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents each day in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, one in three traffic deaths in the United States involve a drunk driver. Sadly, every death or serious injury caused by drunk driving is preventable. One tragic death recently reported in Washington State involved a tow-truck driver who was helping a stranded truck driver load his box truck onto the flatbed of the tow truck. Taking appropriate precautions, the tow truck driver instructed the