Houston Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter

The best automobile crash lawyers in Houston, TX know that driving under the influence of alcohol can turn into a very serious crime. If a person is killed as a result of a drunk driving accident, the police charge is intoxication manslaughter.

A woman killed in an accident early on Thursday morning, for which the perpetrator of the crime appears to have been driving drunk and is subsequently being charged with intoxication manslaughter. The accident occurred at about 3 a.m. on the W. Sam Houston Parkway feeder road near Harwin. The intoxicated driver, Jonathan Lacier Davis was speeding on the southbound feeder road and ran a red light. He then crashed into a red Honda Civic, with an impact so great that the car spun around several times, then broke apart and burst into flames.

A witness at the scene said that there was no way the woman driving the Honda Civic could have been saved. “The car was in flames – 30 feet in the air, maybe,” the witness said. “It was a lot of flames. There’s no way you could get anybody out the vehicle. There was nothing you could do about it.” The victim was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, and her identity is awaiting verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Davis was uninjured as a result of the crash. He was arrested at the scene under suspicion of driving while intoxicated, and later charged with intoxication manslaughter. HPD Lieutenant Philip Munoz said that “alcohol was found in the vehicle, and it appears this wreck was alcohol-related.” These suspicions were confirmed and Davis was then formally charged.

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