A 2007 Mack dump truck being driven by 48 year-old Edwin West rear-ended a small van late Monday morning. The rear-end dump truck crash took place on Missouri Route 6, just a few miles east of Kirksville. William Pridemore of Quincy Illinois was preparing to make a left turn onto Hedgepath Lane when the dump truck impacted the back of his late model van. The damage caused to the van was serious enough to warrant the vehicle being towed from the scene by a wrecker. Pridemore sustained serious personal injuries in the crash and was rushed to Northeast Regional Medical Center for trauma care. Driver inattention is suspected to have contributed to the cause of the wreck. Dump trucks operating in intrastate commerce are guided by both the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Missouri state law. Drivers of these 26,000+ pound trucks are required to perform pre-trip safety checks to verify that all critical driving components are in good working order. One of the most important checks is that of the air-braking system, which frequently is the cause of serious truck accidents when slack adjusters, or other components, are out of adjustment. Many newer dump trucks and tractor-trailers have automatic slack adjusters, however, the systems can still fail when regular maintenance is not performed. Contact the Kirksville truck accident lawyers at Schultz Legal Group to learn more about what laws bind truck drivers and their employers. If you are injured due to the negligence of a truck driver, you may be able to file a truck accident injury claim against the driver, his/her employers, and a commercial insurance carrier. Call            (866) 840-3636 for more details.
A serious car accident killed 4 and injured 3 others on Missouri Interstate 55 near mile-marker 8.4 in the early morning hours on Sunday. Leon Cash reportedly lost control of his Escalade while heading north on Interstate 55, crossed the median, and struck a southbound vehicle nearly head-on. This fatal head-on car accident caused fatalities 68, 69, 70, and 71 for Troop E of the Missouri Highway Patrol. 57 year-old Leon Cash was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife Maxine was transported by Air Evac to Elvis Presley trauma center in Memphis. Cash was a resident of Rockford Illinois and was heading back home after spending the holidays with family. 60 year-old Howard Gilliland was operating the GMC SUV that was heading southbound on Interstate 55 when the accident took place. Howard Gilliland, Vontina Golliland, and Felicia Reeves-Gilliland were all pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. 5 year-old Ernest Rogers and 7 year-old Maliki Rogers were seriously injured and were transported to Lebonheur Childrens Hospital. The younger Rogers was transported by Air Evac Lifeteam. The Rogers were residents of Crown Pointe Indiana, the Gillilands were residents of Memphis Tennessee. While inclement weather was suspected to have contributed to the cause of the crash, results of a final accident investigation may not be released for some time. Holiday travel resulted in several traffic fatalities over the weekend, as well as countless claims of serious personal injuries. If you have been injured in a car accident, or have lost a loved one due to driver negligence, contact the Missouri car accident injury lawyers at Schultz Legal Group at (866) 840-3636. Don't be victimized by a large insurance company. Let a Top 100 Missouri Trial Lawyer (according to the American Trial Lawyers Association) advocate for your car accident injury claim.
Slick road conditions and heavy holiday road traveling caused several serious Missouri car accidents over the weekend, including a fatal incident involving a Missouri Highway Patrol Officer. Holiday traveling increased this year from the last as motorists took advantage of lower gas prices and a "slightly improved" economic outlook. Storms moved into the state early Christmas eve and continued to dump snow and ice through the holiday weekend. Travelers were hit on their way out of town and return back home. Air travel was also snarled as airports were forced to deal with the inclement weather. Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Dennis Engelhard was killed in the line of duty on Christmas day as he assisted other motorists on Interstate 44 in Eureka Missouri. As Engelhard exited his patrol car, a SUV reportedly lost control and struck Engelhard, causing fatal injuries. Cpl. Engelhard was a 10 year veteran trooper of the Missouri Highway Patrol. He was revered as a very respected trooper. Missouri drivers and out-of-state travelers are urged to exercise increased caution when navigating the state's highways, as reports of black ice have been called in to the Missouri Department of Transportation. Black ice commonly forms when the sun sets and melting snow and slush freezes into a sheen that blends in with blacktop and asphalt, making it discrete to drivers. If you are injured in a car accident in Missouri, contact authorities and medical responders immediately.
A Nissan Maxima being driven by 44 year-old Carolyn Barnes pulled into the path of another vehicle late Tuesday afternoon in Rogersville. The Maxima was intending to head southbound on Missouri 125 when it pulled into the path of 18 year-old Ronnie Sawyer, also of Rogersville. Sawyer and 20 year-old Madison Fosburgh sustained serious injuries from the car accident and were ambulated to St. Johns Medical Center in Springfield for emergency care. This was a near head-on car accident, resulting in complete damage to both vehicles. The totalled cars were taken from the scene by Apex Towing. Failing to yield and pulling into the path of another vehicle regularly causes head-on car accidents, with deadly results. Whether inattention, experience, or adverse driving conditions are to blame, the police will ultimately interview witnesses and review evidence to determine if driver error contributed to the cause of the crash. If you have been involved in a car accident, contact the injury attorneys at Schultz Legal Group by calling (866) 840-3636. A Rogersville car accident lawyer will be able to assist in presenting a car accident claim to the proper insurance companies and agressively advocate for full compensation for any injuries caused by a negligent driver.
The Illinois state police cited 44 year-old Cody Kiefer for improper lane usage in a tractor-trailer. The 1998 Peterbilt was traveling northbound on Illinois Route 3 near McClure when the truck overturned off the side of the highway. The crash happened just before 6:00 a.m., and wrecking crews were able to return the tractor-trailer to its wheels before commuter traffic became heavy. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations considers improper lane usage to be a "serious safety violation" which must be reported by the truck driver immediately to the commercial motor carrier. When a truck driver has a series of serious safety violations, he can be suspended from operating a tractor-trailer. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration delineates a very specific body of statutory authority that regulates the commercial trucking industry. Whether it is periodic drug testing or pre-trip safey checks, these regulations are in place to protect public and property from serious truck crashes. A truck accident injury lawyer will investigate the truck driver and trucking company to determine whether or not flagrent disregard of these safety regulations resulted in a truck accident injury claim. Contact a Missouri truck accident injury attorney for more details by calling 866-840-3636.
So you have been involved in a Missouri car accident and have been seriously injured. What happens now? The decisions made and actions taken within hours of a serious car accident will have a direct effect on your Missouri car accident claim. First and foremost, always request police and medical attention at the scene of any accident, no matter how "minor" you may think the crash is. Police officers will document critical information in a police report, including witness information, insurance information, and statements made by the parties. EMT personnel will document equally critical information such as vital signs and nature of the trauma. A Missouri car accident injury lawyer can then use both a police report and EMT/ambulance records to present a claim to the guilty party's insurance company. It is important to contact a car accident injury lawyer as soon as possible after being released from the hospital or after departing the scene of the crash. If an insurance claims adjuster contacts you, do NOT give he/she a recorded statement. The recorded statement is commonly used by the claims adjuster at a later date to impeach or discredit you, even if you have zero fault in the car accident. Seeking follow up care from a primary care physician and/or specialist is important for several reasons. First, it provides the injury victim with a qualified prognosis for recovery and future medical concerns. Second, it arms your injury lawyer with the medical documentation necessary to prove injuries to an insurance company and/or jury. Don't second guess your body's telling signs for injury. Seek follow up care within days or a week following discharge from the hospital. For additional advice on how to best proceed with a car accident injury claim, call            (866) 840-3636 ,            (314) 448-0934 or visit www.missouri-caraccidentlawyer.com. Don't be victimized twice.
Authorities responded to a Ford that was set ablaze in a fatal tractor-trailer accident on Highway 60. Apparently 48 year-old John Bousquet was driving his Ford in the eastbound lanes of Highway 60 when he approached a Peterbilt tractor-trailer being operated by Donald Seman of Republic Missouri. The collision caused Bousquet's Ford to travel into the median and burst into flames. The head-on truck crash caused significant damage to both vehicles, and both drivers suffered catastrophic injuries. Bousquet was pronounced dead at the scene, and Seman was rushed to St. Johns Hospital in Springfield Missouri. Seman was listed in serious condition upon arrival. As with any tracor-trailer accident invovling a fatality, Seman's blood will be drawn in order to test for drugs or alcohol as required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Fatal truck accidents require strict post-accident drug testing to determine if the truck driver contributed to the cause of the fatal accident. Due to a lack of witnesses and severity of the collision, a Missouri Highway Patrol will conduct a thorough accident reconstruction in which field measurements and engineering principles will be applied in order to assist in determining what exactly caused the fatal accident. The surviving family members of John Bousquet as well as Donald Seman will have a keen interest in finding out what the MSHP determines during the course of this investigation. In any fatal tractor-trailer accident claim, a third-party investigation team should be dispatched to assist the families with their own independent determination of fault. A Mountain View truck accident injury lawyer will be able to assist in that regards by retaining an independent crash investigation team composed of engineers, accident reconstruction experts, forensic experts, and a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations expert. Contact a Missouri fatal truck accident injury lawyer today by calling (866) 840-3636.
The Missouri Highway Patrol published a warning following several serious tractor-trailer accidents last week in Missouri. Sergeant Sheldon Lyon was quoted as saying that the recent Missouri tractor-trailer accidents were not caused by other drivers, but instead caused by negligent truck drivers. Inclement weather in the middle of the week may have also contributed to the increase in truck crashes. Many commercial motor carriers have internal policies in place that require their drivers to pull off the road in inclement weather. However, the reality is that many truck drivers are under pressure to get loads delivered on time or risk not getting paid for the delivery. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Missouri state law require truck drivers to drastically reduce speed or pull over when road conditions become icy or snow-packed. Some truck drivers feel they can navigate just fine in winter weather and fail to reduce speed when prudence requires. These "brave drivers" can cause injury or death resulting in truck accident injury claims. Large tractor-trailers are more prone to jackknifing in inclement weather, which is a common cause of accidents on Missouri highways in icy conditions. Contact the Missouri semi-truck accident lawyers at Schultz Legal Group for assistance with your truck accident injury claim. These types of injury claims are complex and can involve several trucking companies, freight brokers, and holding companies in just one case. Contact a Top 100 Trial Lawyer at Schultz Legal Group by calling (866) 840-3636 for an immediate consultation.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released its first Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Category (BASIC) in the Comprehensive Safety Analysis for 2010. The FMCSA states that driver behavior is a substantial contributing cause to most 18 wheeler tractor-trailer crashes that result in serious bodily injury and death. Starting in 2010, the FMCSA will begin closely monitoring roadside inspections that result in traffic violations issued to truck drivers and trucking companies in an effort to predict and rate commercial motor carriers safety performance. BASIC can predict and gauge performance based upon serious safety violations including improper passing or lane change, following too close, speeding, and a host of others. The BASIC data system will rate roadside inspection violations based upon their severity, one being the least severe and 10 being the most severe. The higher the severity of the violation, the more likely that violation could have, or did cause, a serious tractor-trailer accident. This data is compiled for each motor carrier and then compared to other motor carriers based upon similar fleet sizes (number of power units). The thought behind implementation of this new rating service is to identify problem carriers and dangerous drivers before they cause a fatal truck accident. It is suspected that the insurance companies that offer commercial liability insurance policies to motor carriers will have a keen interest in this data prior to underwriting, as well as throughout the term of the policy to monitor risk exposure. 80,000 pound tractor-trailers can become deadly when careless truck drivers are placed behind the wheel. It is important to note that not all drivers are dangerous. Often times it is the trucking company itself that was a major cause of the crash, usually due to improper training and screening of drivers. Contact a Missouri truck crash injury lawyer to discuss whether truck driver behavior is to blame in your truck crash injury claim.
A fatal train crash in Trenton Missouri on Tuesday morning claimed three lives. 24 year-old Nancy Groves, 30 year-old Adam Romesburg, and 28 year-old Nina Spencer were all killed when a Northbound Union Pacific train crashed into their Plymouth Neon at the railroad crossing of First Street in Trenton. The neon was impacted by the train and then pushed approximately 300 feet down the tracks before it came to rest on the west side. This particular railroad crossing was in an uncontrolled passage, meaning that there were no actual gates that were triggered upon an approaching train. Fatal train crashes at uncontrolled railroad crossings raise questions on the safety of such a design. While uncontrolled crossings are commonly in place in outer rural farming areas, they often times are replaced in urban areas with well-guarded crossings that have bright warning lights and automatic gates. Train crashes that occur in broad daylight at uncontrolled railroad crossings beg the question of whether there was a safer design that could have prevented the injury and/or death claim. Train authority and frieght companies commonly look to a cost vs. benefit analysis when deciding whether to replace aging crossings with update traffic light controlled ones. Contact the fatal train crash lawyers at Schultz Legal Group to find out whether the design and construction of the railroad crossing in your case was to blame. Our injury lawyer hotline can be used 24 hours in emergency situations by calling (866) 840-3636. Don't be victimized twice.
Douglas Tomlin was driving his tractor-trailer westbound on Missouri 116 when it lost control and jackknifed in the middle of the eastbound traffic lanes. 33 year-old Jonathon Willmon was driving another tractor-trailer eastbound on MO116 and had no where to go when Tomlin's truck crossed the center line of traffic. Willmon, a young truck driver from Bonner Springs Kansas, was killed in this Plattsburg fatal truck accident. Authorities blame weather and driver error for the cause of this fatal crash. Both trucks lost a significant amount of engine, transmission, and brake fluid, which eventually ran off into the Little Platte River. The Department of Natural Resources is planning to take river samples to determine if the area is now contaminated. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and Missouri state law require truck drivers to pull over in inclement weather conditions. If truckers cannot immediately pull off into a truck stop or rest stop, they are required to greatly reduce speed to accommodate these conditions. You occassionally will see truckers actually speed up in heavy rains or snows. The common misconception is that the heavy weight of the truck provides better traction in these conditions. What actually happens, especially in sleet, ice or snow, is that the heavy semi-trucks become more prone to jackknifing, as the trailer of the rig will "lock up" and slide out of alignment with the tractor, resulting in total loss of control and an imminent serious accident. Contact the Plattsburg fatal truck crash attorneys at Schultz Legal Group by calling our toll-free emergency hot line at (866) 840-3636. Evidence must be gathered at the scene and from the trucks themselves as soon as possible. Playing the waiting game in a fatal truck accident injury claim only reduces what the surviving family members will recover down the line. Don't be victimized twice.
Authorities report that 18 year-old Nathaniel Brennan was attempting to pass another vehicle on Route Y in Windsor Missouri when he crashed into another vehicle. The 2004 Chevy being driven by Kathlene McKeehan-Brown was pushed off of the road and down a ditch before striking several stationary objects. McKeehan-Brown sustained serious injuries and was transported by EMS to Golden Valley Hospital for treatment. Authorities are investigating Brennan's actions and charges are pending the outcome of that investigation. Section 304 of the Missouri Revised Statutes (Missouri Rules of the Road) requires all motorists to exercise care and caution when attempting to pass other vehicles. Passing on two-lane rural roads can be especially dangerous, which is why the majority of these roads are no-passing zones. Injuries from a serious car accident can take weeks, months, or even a lifetime to recovery from. Often times future medical care is needed, even if the crash only caused soft-tissue injuries. A competent orthopedist should be consulted with to determine what future medical care may be needed and at what cost. Those future medical costs should then incorporated into a car accident injury claim and presented to the defendant's insurance company by a Missouri car accident injury lawyer. Contact a car accident injury attorney for a free consultation by calling (866) 840-3636. Don't be victimized twice by an unfair insurance claims adjuster. Only an experienced injury attorney can negotiate a fair settlement from a well-funded commercial insurance carrier.
A fully loaded Pepsi tractor-trailer collided with two passenger vehicles in the early morning hours Monday just outside of Kansas City Missouri. The tractor-trailer crash impacted two passenger vehicles before overturning down an embankment on northbound Interstate 435 at the Eastwood Trafficway. Authorities remain somewhat guarded as to the cause of the crash, although it is known that there were serious injuries. The damage sustained by both the Pepsi truck and the two vehicles was severe. A wrecker took over one hour to remove the overturned Pepsi truck from just off the northbound I-435 embankment. It took cleanup crews another three hours to clean up all of the soda bottles that were scattered across the highway upon impact. When fully loaded, a Pepsi tractor-trailer can approach a weight of 60,000 pounds. When loads that heavy impact other vehicles, the outcome almost always results in serious personal injury and even death claims to all parties involved. A Kansas City truck accident lawyer will be able to investigate the circumstances of this particular incident and reach conclusions on which parties are ultimately responsible for the crash. Injury victims may then be able to obtain compensation from the insurance carriers that insure the at-fault party or parties vis-a-vis a Missouri truck accident injury claim. In cases involving serious personal injuries or wrongful death claims, a truck accident injury lawyer will retain an accident reconstruction expert who can inspect the tractor-trailer ECM (electronic control module) and process data which will shed light what the truck was doing just prior to impact. This evidence can prove invaluable, especially in incidents where liability is in contention. Contact a Kansas City truck accident lawyer today by calling (866) 840-3636.
Authorities responded to an overturned car accident Sunday afternoon on Southbound US-61 in Wentzville. 18 year-old Alexander Toler reportedly lost control of the pickup truck and crashed into several signs before the truck became airborne, flipped over, and came to rest on its roof. 19 year-old Nicholas Bauer of O'Fallon and 16 year-old Shane Orf of Wentzville both sustained serious injuries, another Bauer's injuries were more life-threatening. Air Evac Lifeteam was dispatched to the accident scene, where EMS treated Bauer and transported him to the level-1 trauma center at St. John's Medical Center. A Missouri car accident lawyer should investigate the incident to determine what caused Toler to lose control of his truck. Car accidents place injury victims in financial duress and jeopardy their future livelihood. Often times medical bills accumulate at a rate that is unmanageable, even if the victim has health insurance. Lost work or lost school often times results from a serious automobile accident, putting the victim under even more stress and hardship. Missouri law allows for recovery for these victims in the form of a car accident injury claim, which must be presented in a timely manner to the appropriate jurisdiction. If you are injured in a serious automobile accident, don't fall into the insurance claims adjuster low-ball settlement trap. Contact a Wentzville car accident lawyer immediately and get the piece of mind that your legal interests will be vigorously protected.
Authorities report that 16 year-old Patrick Netthongkome rolled his Mercedes through a posted stop sign on Highway 30 in Springfield Missouri. The incident caused a serious car accident resulting in numerous injuries. Charise Reynolds and Kathleen Robertson had nowhere to go when the Mercedes pulled directly into their path. Robertson's Ford Explorer was pulvarized when it broadsided Netthongkome's Mercedes. The Missouri Highway Patrol could not confirm whether Netthongkome, who was not injured in the crash, was issued a citation for failing to observe a posted stop sign. Reynolds and Robertson, both natives of Brighton Missouri, sustained serious injuries and were transported to St. John's Medical Center in Springfield. It was a typical busy Saturday evening at St. John's Hospital when the two arrived by ambulance at approximately 10:30 p.m. Failing to obey a posted stop sign can result in criminal and civil charges. In a subsequent car accident injury claim, a plaintiff can recover damages under a theory of negligence per se. This legal doctrine is based upon a negligent driver's breach of his/her duty to operate a motor vehicle with the due care required by Section 304 of the Missouri Revised Statutes. If a negligent driver caused you serious injuries, contact the Missouri car accident lawyers at Schultz Legal Group and file a Springfield car accident injury claim. Pursuant to Missouri law, an injury victim may recover for past and future medical expenses, pain & suffering, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, and property damage.
A fatal head-on car accident claimed two lives in the early Sunday morning hours on Missouri 13 in Lafayette County. Authorities report that 32 year-old Ronald Mason drifted over the center line of the highway and struck another vehicle nearly head-on just south of Slusher School Road. 59 year-old James Brown sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash. The Missouri Highway Patrol's investigation into this fatal car accident continues, as it remains unknown what caused Mason to cross the center line of traffic, collide with Brown's vehicle, and catch fire. Head-on car accidents often result in personal injury claims and wrongful death claims as the impact is always severe. At highway speeds, a head-on crash can pulverize both vehicles and occupants are often critically injured regardless of whether the vehicle has airbags. The surviving family members who lose a loved one in a serious car accident are entitled to file a Missouri wrongful death claim on behalf of the decedent. Contact a Missouri wrongful death lawyer for more details on who is entitled to file a claim and the applicable statute of limitations.
The Missouri Highway Patrol released the name of the Seymour mother killed in a fatal train crash earlier this afternoon. 33 year-old Kristy Willis of Seymour Missouri was killed when her Chevy pickup was broadsided by a train at the railroad crossing of Greenbriar and Fordland. Her daughter, 8 year-old Kelsey Turner, was seriously injured and transported by AIR Evac Lifeteam to St. John's Medical Center in Springfield Missouri for immediate care. St. John's Medical Center in Springfield is one of only a few level-1 trauma centers in the area that can handle the type life-threatening injuries sustained by Kelsey. The two other children in the pick-up were able to jump out of the bed of the truck and avoid what could have been serious injury or death. The EMD SD70ACE locomotive involved in this train crash was a General Electric diesel-electric locomotive that was first introduced by GE in 1992. This particular locomotive is heavily used by Conrail, Illinois Central Railroad, and Norfolk Southern Railway. No passenger vehicle or truck has a fighting chance against the enormous size of these General Electric locomotives. The surviving family members who lost Kristy Willis may have a viable Missouri wrongful death claim against the engineer of the locomotive as well as the owner and maintainer of the railroad crossing where the fatal train crash occured in Webster County. Evidence in these cases is critical and should gathered immediately by an investigation team representing the Willis family. The fatal train crash attorneys and investigators at Schultz Legal Group have successfully prosecuted railroad crossing defect and design cases and can be reached at (866) 840-3636 for an immediate consultation.
A fatal train crash occurred on Highway 60 near Seymour at approximately 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. Investigators remain baffled as to what could have caused a GMC pickup truck to be caught on the train tracks on this stretch of Highway 60 at Greenbriar Drive in Webster County. A female driver of the truck was killed in the train crash, her name has yet to be released by authorities. An 8-year old female passenger of the truck sustained catastrophic injuries and was rushed by helicopter to the hospital for emergency treatment. Two more children were riding in the bed of the truck, but were able to jump out just before the train crashed into the truck and pushed it down the tracks. The mother and daughter inside the truck had no time to escape before impact. Train accidents are routinely investigated by the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB coordinates efforts with local law enforcement and other federal authorities when investigating fatal train accidents and plane crashes. These investigations can last several weeks or months depending upon the amount of evidence. The design and maintenance of railroad crossings is often a major point of contention in any fatal train accident case. The rules and regulations governing crossing design are complicated. Many factors, including date of design, will come into play in these complex cases. Contact a train accident injury lawyer at Schultz Legal Group by calling (866) 840-3636 and claim your free consultation. Our fatal train crash attorneys utilize a network of experts in engineering, human factors, construction, railroad design, and physics to assist in the handling of these complex cases. Don't be victimized twice.
DUI car accidents in Missouri are menacing and result in some of the largest verdicts and settlements in this state. Unfortunately, these large verdicts and settlements may not be sending a stiff enough message to regulators. Motorists who are found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol are regularly given second and third chances to get behind the wheel, without any significant punishment or motivation to change their ways. For example, Troy Zerna was going on his second DWI charge when he crashed his vehicle into another in February 2008 in Missouri, killing 28 year-old Dennie Riegel. Riegel's fiance, who was pregnant at the time and in the vehicle, was seriously injured as a result of the crash. Just this month a $90 million settlement was approved for the civil claim filed by the survivors of the crash. So what are regulators doing to proactively curb drunk driving, which is causing death and injuries each week in Missouri? In October, Gov. Nixon met in Jefferson City at his DWI summit, which addresses ways to control DWI. Simply put, Missouri is not strict enough on DUI first time or repeat offenders. In many circumstances, DUI offenders are able to keep their license. As a Missouri DUI car accident lawyer, I am pushing for stiffer penalties geared to protect Missouri motorists from drunk drivers. Many states, such as New York, put ignition interlock devices on the vehicles of any person convicted of drunk driving. If you have been seriously injured or lost a loved one as a result of a reckless drunk driver, contact attorney Stephen Schultz personally by calling (314) 448-0934. Don't let a drunk driver get a pass. Our injury attorneys will aggressively seek recompense from all parties potentially liable, including any bars that potentially overserved the drunk driver.
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