Amarillo, TX — June 7, 2024, Aaron Cervantez and Edwin Macias were killed and Alexander Rivera and one other were injured in a car accident at about 9:00 p.m. on 45th Avenue.
According to authorities, a Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling northbound along Soncy Road at the 45th Avenue intersection when the accident took place.
The Tahoe reportedly failed to stop for the red light at the intersection, crashing into a Cadillac occupied by 20-year-old Aaron Cervantez, 18-year-old Edwin Macias, and 18-year-old Alexander Rivera. The crash caused the Cadillac to go into a spin, reportedly colliding with two other vehicles. A chain reaction of collisions ensued, the accident allegedly involving a total of nine vehicles.
Cervantez and Macias reportedly suffered fatal injuries due to the wreck and were declared deceased at the scene. Rivera and the Tahoe driver each incurred apparently critical injuries; they were transported to local medical facilities by EMS in order to receive immediate treatment. No other injuries have been reported.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Currently, details allege that the Tahoe driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Authorities recommended the driver be charged for intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault. If those allegations are true, the story may not be over with those potential charges alone. This is because many drunk driving accidents involve people who were illegally over-served by a local alcohol provider, such as a bar or restaurant. Those establishments can face criminal investigations, fines, license suspensions, and even liability for the resulting harm their actions led to.
Unfortunately, this isn’t always something authorities are motivated to look onto on their own. I’ve handled hundreds of cases against negligent alcohol providers, and few of them involved authorities already conducting their own investigations. It usually takes us putting those alcohol providers on their radar before they take their own steps. There have even been times authorities someone dropped the ball after we gave them evidence on a silver platter, so the only reason the alcohol providers ever faced consequences was because the victims and families involved happened to have a second set of eyes looking into things.
Maybe nothing like that happened here, but it’s important the evidence says that one way or the other. That’s true following any serious accident, let alone one that took lives. If all of the focus is on the alleged drunk driver here, it may only let someone off the hook for their role in the accident. That would be an injustice to the victims and families involved, which is why I hesitate to trust that the details I’m seeing here are telling the whole story.
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