Houston, TX — October 19, 2024, Eric Flores was killed and another was injured following a car accident at around 3:00 a.m. on Highway 225.
Initial details from police officials say that the accident happened in the area of La Porte Freeway and Allen Genoa Road.
It appears that 30-year-old Eric Angel Flores was in a Honda Accord that was going eastbound along the freeway. Up ahead, authorities say that a Jeep stopped for unspecified reasons. While it was in the lane of travel, Flores’s vehicle crashed into the Jeep. Flores was killed as a result.
The Jeep driver reportedly sustained injuries in the crash. That driver is accused of being intoxicated at the time of the accident. No further information is available at this time.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
People tend to think accidents like this are open-and-shut because authorities accused someone of driving while intoxicated. In reality, there can be significant challenges families have to be ready to overcome. For example, authorities haven’t said if alcohol or drugs were the intoxicant. If it was alcohol, are investigators looking into the possibility the intoxicated driver was unlawfully over-served? Bars, restaurants, liquor stores, and other establishments can be on the hook for contributing to a crash if someone they over-served gets people hurt or killed. But if all of the focus is just on the intoxicated, those establishments can slip through the cracks. That’s why I have to wonder if this accident is being taken seriously or if authorities are perhaps being too limited in the scope of their investigations.
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