Posts Tagged ‘underage drinking’

An 18 year old male was killed in a Tennessee car wreck during the early morning of Sunday, August 8, when his 2001 Chevy Blazer crashed on the interstate exit ramp to State Route 840 in Rutherford Country according to the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro.

The Murfreesboro man’s SUV flipped multiple times after exiting the interstate at a very high rate of speed said a spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

The police report states, “The vehicle went off the left side of the road, overcorrected, re-entered the roadway, then went off the right side of roadway and overcorrected again. The vehicle re-entered the roadway, where (it) rolled over multiple times and came to rest on the left side of the roadway down an embankment on the vehicle’s left side.”

There was another 18 year old male in the SUV at the time of the accident who survived, but was cited for underage consumption, and police believe the driver may have also been under the influence.

“There’s an indication that alcohol was a factor in the crash,” the spokesman said according to the Daily News Journal. “Routine testing is being conducted to confirm whether the driver was impaired.”

Our sympathies to the families of these two young boys. Car wrecks are the leading cause of death in young men, but this didn’t have to happen.

If these young men were drinking, someone provided them the alcohol. An 18 year old’s judgement is often flawed, but someone over 21 was involved. Shame on them.

A copy of the official police report may be obtained by contacting:

1-800-377-HURT (4878)

www.seriousinjury.com