If you drink and drive you can be charges criminally for driving under the influence (DUI). If you drink and drive and get involved in an accident and kill someone you can be charges with manslaughter. Such was the case for Travis Isaac of Woodbridge, Virginia.
Isaac drank, then drove the wrong way on the Capital Beltway. He smashed and killed a Fairfax County woman and was just sentenced to nine years in prison by a jury that convicted him of aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
The facts of this case are both horrific and sad. The victim was just 28 years old and was a mother of two young children. She was headed home after working at the Cadillac Ranch Restaurant at National Harbor. As she neared the Van Dorn Street exit on the inner loop, her Nissan was met head on by a Lincoln LS Sedan driver who had a previous conviction for drunken driving. The victim was killed instantly.
If you, a family member or someone you know has been injured in a motor vehicle due to a drunk driver or you would like more information on car accidents, please contact the Virginia personl injury attorneys at Portner & Shure.
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