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Napa Man Dead in Drunk Driving Accident


May 20, 2008
Topic: Drunk Driving Accidents

A Napa resident is expected to be arraigned today in connection with the drunk driving accident that killed a passenger in his car. 26-year-old Diango Ramirez Reyes, it was revealed after the crash, was not only drunk while he was driving, but was also driving without a valid driver license.

On Sunday at 11:30 pm, Reyes was driving his 1992 Saturn eastbound on Highway 128 east of Scott Road in rural Sonoma County. The vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a tree. Reyes suffered only minor injuries. His passenger, 53-year-old Javier Arias Hernandez, died at the scene of the drunk driving accident.

Reyes was taken to a hospital for treatment of his injures after the drunk driving accident. He had blood alcohol tests performed, and his blood alcohol limit was reported to be greater than 0.08 percent. He was also found to be driving without a valid license. Reyes doesn't seem to take traffic rules seriously enough.

He has been arrested on charges of felony DUI, vehicular manslaughter, driving with a blood alcohol limit greater than 0.08 percent and driving without a valid driver's license.

Reyes, who is also a Napa resident, has been booked into the Sonoma County jail, and will be arraigned today.

Time and again, drunk driving accidents like these makes us realize the consequences of getting behind the wheel drunk. In an intoxicated state, it takes only a second to lose sight of the road. Drivers who drink and drive have been proven to have impaired reasoning and judgment behind the wheel, poor reflexes and impaired motor coordination. And yet, we see drunk driving accidents like this all too often because people still get behind the wheel.

Drunk driving accidents remain a major traffic law and order problem in California. Laws upon laws have been passed to change this destructive pattern, but it's clear the impact they are having is very low. Laws are just not enough to force drivers to learn a lesson after an accident. Repeat offenders are responsible for a majority of drunken driving accidents. In the past 15 years in fact, there have been more drunk driving repeat offenders than ever before. This is a clear sign that laws are simply not acting as the deterrent they should be posing to drunk drivers.

Drunk drivers don't put only their own safety, but also the safety of others in their car and other cars on the road at risk. Such perverse negligence of the safety of others is criminal.

If you or a loved one have been the victim of a drunk driver, you need the help of an experienced California personal injury lawyer. Contact an attorney at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.


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