Lee County, Florida Drunk Driving Car Accident Claims Life of ex Airman, Critically Injures Another
A former U.S. Air Force airman was killed in an alleged drunk driving accident late last month in Lee County, Florida.
According to news reports, the victim, age 29, lived in Chicago and was in Lee County, Fla., visiting a friend. The fatal car accident reportedly occurred in late March in the early hours of the morning when the vehicle's driver failed to make a turn and crashed into a tree inside a gated community near Estero, which is south of Fort Myers, Florida.
The victim was killed in the single vehicle accident and another young person in the car sustained serious injuries, according to news reports. A Lee County Sheriff's Deputy reportedly stated that the driver of the car, a 25-year-old woman from Ohio now living in Estero, Fla., had a blood alcohol level of twice the legal Florida limit. The driver was being held without bond in Lee County Jail and is charged with three counts, including DUI manslaughter.
Fort Myers drunk driving accident injury lawyers may be consulted by families who lose a loved one or suffer injury in an alcohol-related car crash in Lee County, Florida. Everyone mourns the loss of a young life cut short, as in this case. The news media reported that the four friends had been at a bar prior to the fatal car accident.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that April is alcohol awareness month. NHTSA has several public information campaigns planned to raise awareness and avoid tragic alcohol related accidents like this one. NHTSA reports that one-third of all traffic fatalities are due to drunk driving, and that 11,000 people are killed on the road every year because of drunk drivers.
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