Kendall County, TX — June 8, 2024, Kimberley Brasher was killed due to an alleged intoxicated driver accident at around 10:10 p.m. on F.M. 473.
According to reports from The Boerne Star, the incident happened east of Kendalia and west of U.S. Highway 281.
The report says that 55-year-old Kimberley Fawn Brasher was in a Toyota Prius that was going along F.M. 473. In a series of events not clear, a Chevy Silverado crashed into Brasher’s Toyota head-on. Brasher died as a result. The driver of the Chevy is apparently facing charges including intoxication manslaughter.
Right now, no further information can be confirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
I wouldn’t jump to conclusions without seeing more information, but any allegation of intoxication manslaughter is obviously serious. However, it’s important to understand the challenges rarely end just because a driver is facing charges. A lot of accidents with these kinds of details involve more than just an intoxicated driver. Let me explain.
Essentially, if alcohol was the intoxicant here, evidence could show that the driver was over-served by a local alcohol provider. It’s illegal in Texas to over-serve someone who is obviously intoxicated. Doing so means those alcohol providers can be investigated for criminal charges, fined, have their license suspended, or even held liable when people get hurt or killed as a result of that intoxication.
The reason I bring this up as often as possible is, quite frankly, that authorities don’t give these possibilities enough attention. Across hundreds of cases I’ve handled against negligent alcohol providers, many of the victims and families only learned about a possibly complicit provider when we brought it up. Authorities weren’t conducting their own investigations, and it usually took us handing them evidence from our own investigations to get that ball rolling.
Simply put, it’s my experience that families who lose a loved one in an accident like this aren’t just looking for someone to blame. They want to see accountability. If a driver kills someone while intoxicated, they need to answer for that. Why wouldn’t the same be true for a bar or restaurant who broke the law, contributed to the accident, and could continue to do so until they’re set straight? I think the answer there is pretty clear.
