Bastrop County, TX — October 13, 2024, Grayson Davis was fatally injured due to an alleged drunk driver accident around 7:48 p.m. on F.M. 535.
According to current details in the news, the accident happened south of Wyldwood, outside Austin, off the corner of F.M. 535 and Creek View Drive.
Investigators said that 29-year-old Grayson Davis was in a vehicle going along F.M. 535 when another vehicle reportedly crashed into Davis. As a result, Davis was seriously injured, and his injuries reportedly proved fatal days later.
The other driver, who was allegedly drunk at the time of the crash, apparently fled the scene, but authorities apprehended the driver. That person reportedly detained by ICE and faces charges for intoxication manslaughter, evading arrest, and resisting arrest.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
If the allegations here are true, it’s yet another example in a long list of examples of alcohol taking a life on Texas roads. It’s a big problem in our state, and it naturally brings up all kinds of conversations about accountability and how to fix this problem. But I rarely see anyone talk about the fact that a big part of preventing these kinds of accidents is holding local alcohol providers accountable when their unlawful service of alcohol leads to an accident. Did that happen here, and if so, are steps being taken to address it?
Simply put, a lot of bars and similar establishments over-serve customers who are obviously intoxicated. Inevitably, this leads to people getting hurt, as folks at a dangerous level of intoxication are driving around after being unlawfully over-served. Those alcohol providers can potentially face criminal investigations, fines, license suspensions, and even liability for the harm resulting from that intoxication. Too often, though, all of the focus is on the drunk drivers, and the negligent alcohol providers get to ride off into the sunset.
Some people mistake these laws as ways to shift blame off a drunk driver. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Generally speaking, drunk drivers have their day to answer for their actions—the driver here, for example, reportedly faces multiple criminal charges. But the hundreds of families affected by drunk driving I’ve worked with over the years didn’t want some bad guy to blame. They didn’t want the easy path. They wanted to see accountability for the wrongs done to them. That doesn’t happen when a negligent alcohol provider who broke the law and contributed to a deadly crash gets off scot-free to continue unlawfully over-serving people until someone else gets hurt.
That’s why I have to wonder if authorities have been more thorough in their investigations than current reports suggest. Seeing an alleged drunk driver held accountable is important, but it may be there’s an accomplice still out there putting the community in danger. It wouldn’t be right to let something like that slide, but fortunately Texas law provides multiple avenues through which victims and families can see all parties held accountable.
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