Personal Injury Law

Teen Drinking Party Resolved For Now

By Eddie Farah

This story could have had a very different ending.

A few stories ago we reported on the young teenage girl who drank herself unconscious and could not be awakened. On Monday she was released from the hospital. If it had not been for the heroic decision by other teens to right a wrong, she might have never woken up.

There were 60 kids at a party in St. Augustine according to St. Johns County deputies. Kevin Lovelace, 18 tells Channel 4 that he knew something was wrong when he saw the 14-year-old girl.

"She completely looked lifeless," said Lovelace. "My friend -- a really good friend -- just passed away from (an overdose). I didn't want that to happen again, so I figured somebody had to make the right decision."

Lovelace and a friend, Matt Kent, rushed the girl to Flagler Hospital. She was later transferred to Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center. Lovelace says he knew the girl was young, but he had no idea she was 14.

But the home residents, have bonded out of jail. They are charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Also arrested was 18-year-old Noah Bryant who allegedly brought the girl to the party. Their charges are only second-degree misdemeanors. They have no idea how close they came to more serious charges.

"I feel good about myself and helping the little girl and helping a family out because I can't imagine what would have happened if that girl would have died in that house," Lovelace said.

Full post as published by Jacksonville Personal Injury Lawyer on July 19, 2008 (boomark / email).