Personal Injury Law

Alcohol Related Fatalities In San Antonio

By Beth Janicek

Although fewer people were killed this year in alcohol-related car wrecks in San Antonio, the police arrested more drivers on charges of drunken driving according to information provided by the San Antonio Police Department. In 2007, there have been 50 deaths related to drunken driving and 4,359 arrested for drunken driving. In 2006, there were 59 deaths related to drunken driving and 4,284 arrests for drunken driving.

The numbers for 2007 may unfortunately increase as more cases are closed in coming weeks, police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said.

For more information on this subject, please see our section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

Lt. Tim Vaughan, who supervises 18 officers in the Police Department's DWI unit, credited this year's increased arrests to "good, hard work." Working shifts from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., officers in his unit proactively comb the city's roads for signs of intoxication.

Full post as published by San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer on December 31, 2007 (boomark / email).