Houston, TX — August 4, 2025, Carlos Hines was injured in an alleged drunk driver accident at about 1 a.m. on Interstate 610/South Loop East.
A preliminary accident report indicates that a 2024 Ram 2500 was driving the wrong way on the interstate near Cullen Boulevard when it collided with a 2021 Nissan Rogue.
Nissan driver Carlos Hines, 28, was seriously injured in the crash, according to the report.
The Ram driver, who was not hurt, was charged with driving while intoxicated, the report states
Authorities have not released any additional information about the Harris County crash at this time.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
When I read about incidents like this one, what stands out to me isn’t just what happened, but what’s missing from the conversation. A driver was arrested for DWI after a wrong-way crash, and someone else is now dealing with significant injuries as a result. That’s the part people tend to focus on, understandably, but it’s not the whole story. In many cases, these crashes don’t start on the road. They often begin hours earlier, wherever alcohol was served.
One of the most important but often overlooked questions in cases like this is, “Where did the driver get their alcohol?” If that individual was overserved at a bar or other licensed alcohol provider after showing clear signs of intoxication, Texas law holds that business accountable. That’s the kind of question dram shop law is built to answer, and it’s not just about legal consequences. It’s about taking a closer look at every factor that allowed this to happen, including whether an alcohol-serving business failed to uphold its responsibility to protect the public.
Crashes like this one are hard to make sense of, especially for the people affected. But they also highlight a serious gap in how we talk about accountability. There may be more to this story than most people realize, and if a bar or restaurant played a role, the law gives injured people the ability to hold them accountable, even if they’ve never heard of dram shop law before.
Three things to consider:
- Dram shop law exists specifically to address situations where a bar or other alcohol provider overserves someone who then causes harm.
- A full investigation should look not just at the driver’s actions, but also at where and how they obtained the alcohol before the crash.
- Legal options may be available to the injured party, tools that many people don’t know exist until they’re faced with a situation like this.
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