Harris County, TX — October 12, 2024, David Hadar Jr. and one other were injured following an alleged drunk driver accident at 10:40 p.m. on Tomball Parkway.
According to initial details about the accident, it happened in the area of Tomball Parkway/TX-249 and Bammel N. Houston Road.
Investigators said that 30-year-old David Hadar Jr. was in a Toyota Prius traveling northbound along Bammel North Houston Road. While crossing Tomball Parkway, it’s said that a westbound GMC Yukon ran the light and crashed into Hadar.
Due to the collision, Hadar sustained serious injuries. The GMC driver’s injuries were reportedly moderate. That driver was allegedly under the influence of alcohol at the time, though it’s unclear if charges have officially been filed. No further information can be confirmed at this time.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
These are obviously serious allegations. Even if they’re proven to be true, though, folks may be a bit too quick to assume everything here will be open-and-shut. If someone was drunk, there will be blood tests, charges, and that will be that, right? Well, alcohol-related accidents often involve more than just a drunk driver. There also should be investigations into where that driver was prior to the accident. Evidence could show there’s an alcohol provider complicit in the crash, as well.
Simply put, if an alcohol provider unlawfully over-serves someone who is obviously intoxicated, they potentially expose themselves to criminal investigations, fines, suspended licenses, and liability for the resulting injuries. Not only can these potential avenues see there’s accountability for an alcohol provider’s negligence, but it can also get them to clean up their act so their behavior doesn’t go on to harm others.
My concern, though, is that authorities often get tunnel vision with alcohol-related accidents. They focus so much on the drunk drivers that they let complicit negligent alcohol providers slip through the cracks. I can’t count how many of the hundreds of cases I’ve had against negligent alcohol providers where police investigations began and ended at the crash scene. Hopefully, authorities here have been more thorough and took steps to investigate all of the events leading to this serious accident. Otherwise, there could be more to this story the victim and their loved ones need to know about that isn’t getting the attention it deserves.
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