Gregg County, TX — September 30, 2023, Jesse Stroman was killed and two people were injured following a car accident at around 6:00 p.m. along U.S. 259.
Preliminary information about the accident says that it happened at the intersection of U.S. Highway 259 and Farm-to-Market 1650.
According to officials, 31-year-old Jesse Stroman and a 33-year-old woman were in a Ford Mustang said to be going southbound on U.S. 259. A Chevy Silverado was going northbound. Authorities believe that the pickup failed to yield making a left turn, resulting in a collision with Stroman’s Mustang.
Due to the collision, Stroman sustained fatal injuries. Stroman’s passenger and the driver of the Silverado both had reportedly incapacitating injuries. There have not been any confirmed charges or citations.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
Authorities say they tested both drivers for alcohol. They claim Mr. Stroman was nearly twice the legal limit while the Silverado driver had no alcohol in their system.
With a detail like that, I wanted to help clear up a concern I get a lot of calls about. Often, whenever authorities mention alcohol following a crash, people tend to automatically put all the blame on the allegedly intoxicated driver. But the reality is the law doesn’t have some magic equation saying that one factor is automatically more serious than another. The full context matters, and even if these allegations are true, it could still be that the person killed in this crash would have been a victim regardless of whether or not alcohol was involved.
Here, for example, authorities allege that a driver failed to yield to an oncoming vehicle, but they say that driver was intoxicated. Both of those alleged actions are mistakes, but determining fault means finding which action was more likely than not the cause of the resulting accident. Evidence could show that a sober driver would have been able to avoid the crash, or it could show the crash was entirely unavoidable, and the apparent alcohol was nothing more than an unfortunate coincidence.
Ultimately, that sort of thing is up to a jury to decide. I’m not here to confirm any preliminary claims nor am I here to draw conclusions. I just want to help the public understand that it’s best not to go around trying to blame someone—especially someone that isn’t around to speak for their own actions. It’s best to let the evidence speak for itself, and I’m not confident I’m seeing that here.
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