Drivers killed by drunk driving

(CNN)A jury in Texas has awarded the largest-ever personal injury compensation in the country to a family who lost two people killed by a drunk driver. The sum is . Approximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers (with BACs of g/dL or higher). In , there were 10, people killed in these preventable crashes. In fact, on average over the year period from , more than 10, people died every year in drunk-driving crashes. From , the NHTSA reported more than 10, deaths from drunk driving collisions and impaired drivers. In , more than 56, traffic fatalities occurred on American roads. Of these fatal crashes, 22% of the drivers were drunk.

WOODMERE, N.Y. - A crash between a car and pickup truck on Long Island killed a year-old and injured four others Saturday night. The accident occurred in Woodmere at 11 p.m. According to Nassau. An alleged drunken driver smashed his truck into an SUV on Long Island on Saturday night, killing a year-old girl who was heading home after a camp reunion upstate, police said. The fatal crash. Joseph Matz, 21, was driving drunk and under the legal drinking age when he crashed into the home of Jennifer and Joshua Moreland. Matz was set for trial next year but accepted a plea agreement Friday with county prosecutors. Matz, alongside defense attorney Ronald Yarwood, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony.

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