Two Killed, Three Injured In Alcohol Related Maryland Crash
January 3, 2012
Alcohol is being blamed for an accident in Bethesda, Maryland, that took the lives of two young people and injured three others on New Years Day. According to WUSA 9 News, the car crash happened at around 3:00 AM Sunday along the westbound lanes of Jones Bridge Road.
Neighbors said they thought it was an explosion or a roof collapse that they heard when the driver of the 2007 White Chevy Trailblazer, driven by a 22-year-old man, left the road and went over a sidewalk and down an embankment. The SUV crashed through a fence before hitting a large tree head-on. A 20-year-old male in the front passenger seat was instantly killed in the crash, along with an 18-year-old girl who was in the rear passenger seat.
Two other passengers in the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries and were taken to nearby Suburban Hospital for treatment. The driver of the vehicle was critically injured in the crash and was airlifted to Shock Trauma in Baltimore to receive treatment. Charges are pending against the driver once he is released.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motor vehicle accidents are the single leading cause of death for American teenagers. Of those accidents, they say that 60 percent were alcohol related.
The Maryland auto accident attorneys with ChasenBoscolo Injury Lawyers would like to urge parents to talk to their teens about the dangers of not only driving drunk, but also riding in a car with someone who has been drinking.
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