Rescue 911-Episode 613 "Repetent Drunk Driver" (Part 1 of 2)

A drunk driver causes a head on collision. This segment of episode 613 aired on January 3, 1995 on CBS.

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[rangerzep83]

If a person kills someone while driving or under the infulence, it should be treated as premeditated murder. The person knowingly and willingly got behind the wheel and drove, and the result was the death of another person. A 3,000 pound truck is just as lethal as a .357. Maybe if we start punishing these people accordingly, this shit will start to occur with less frequency.

[vickiormindyb]

I once treated a family of people, who all ended up dying as a result of drunk driving. Some on impact, others after hours of fighting for their lives.

Every person in the car had seat belts on. The drunk driver had a van, and the family had a smaller car. The drunk driver hit the car at high speed and kept going, plowing through the car and slamming it against the median strip.

The drunk driver even had the nerve to be angry that she was expected to go to court-and didn't bother to show up.

[AFGSANFORD2]

@FreezehV2 Not always does the drunk driver survive the crash. I know of a woman in my neighborhood who collided with another car not far from home (about 3 miles away). The woman from my neighborhood was drunk and she died just as the ambulance reached the hospital. The driver of the other car she collied with suffered very serious injuries, is still messed up to this day, and is friends with another of my neighbors who is very angry about this wreck. This accident happened in 1979 or 1980.

[geomodelrailroader]

the theme of episode 613 was drunk driving. Brandon's Story was in the second segment. DUI can kill you DON'T DO IT you can kill yourself and other drivers DON'T DUI.

[denelson83]

This is why you don't drink and drive, people. We just can't stress it enough.

[macrent2]

This man killed someone! He was drunk! He chose to drink... this is fine! However, when you drink and then get in a vehicle you put more than your life in danger! He deserves to be tried for murder... I say no less than 30 years in prison!

[garciajennifer223]

I am personally SO sick of seeing things about drunk driving. It's 2012 people, figure it out already. I don't like seeing people do things harmful to themselves. But driving drunk is something else altogether. You are harming OTHERS, and that's just not ok. Only scum would get behind the wheel drunk. Why is it people can't figure it out? I would sleep on the sidewalk before I drove myself home drunk.

[tjmady]

@FreezehV2 Because when your drunk your body is more relaxed. You don't tense up at the moment of impact as you would when your sober. So when your drunk this allows your muscles and soft tissue of the body to better absosrb the impacts within the car.

[PGMEagle]

Let this be a lesson to those who choose to drink and drive

[oddsource]

@dariancaplinger yep... and the insurance companies made up those laws for seat belts. LOL

[dariancaplinger]

Everyone needs to understand that this happened back in the days before seat belt laws, and in the early days of those laws, they only applied to passenger vehicles, not trucks. The person to blame was the one who was drinking.

[TEACHERTIGERSHAH]

Man, I agree. DWI is stupid and this guy needs to go to jail