Laura Galvan, 1 Injured in Alleged Drunk Driver Accident in Titus County, TX

Basic Facts

Crash date: 2-27-2026

Crash location: Farm-to-Market 127, Titus County, TX

People involved:

• Laura Galvan, 65
• Unidentified Man, 58

Do Authorities suspect alcohol played a role in this crash?: Yes

Did authorities recommend criminal charges?: Yes

Do authorities suspect a product defect caused the crash?: Unknown

Accident Report

February 27, 2026, Laura Galvan and one other were injured in an alleged drunk driver accident at around 9:03 a.m. along FM 127.

Initial statements say that the crash took place southwest of Mt. Pleasant near SW 37. According to officials, 65-year-old Laura Galvan was in a Toyota Sienna going eastbound along the roadway. A Honda Accord was going westbound when it reportedly crashed with the Sienna. Due to the collision, both Laura Galvan and the other driver reportedly had serious injuries.

Authorities allege that the Honda driver had been drinking. They recommended multiple charges. Additional details are unavailable.

How Did This Accident Occur?

Generally speaking, when folks see allegations of drinking and driving and see authorities have recommended charges, they assume everything is open-and-shut. However, even if a drunk driver is charged, convicted, and sentenced, there may still be more to the story. Why? That’s because many drunk driving accidents involve complicit negligent alcohol providers.

I rarely see authorities talking about this area of Texas law. To sum up a lot of legalese, it’s unlawful for bars and other providers to serve people who are obviously intoxicated. If they do so, and it leads to people getting hurt, alcohol providers can be held responsible for that. So as important as it is to hold alleged drunk drivers accountable for their actions, seeing full accountability often requires investigations into where that driver got their alcohol from.

That’s where things become challenging. In just about every drunk driving case I’ve handled—which is well in the hundreds—authorities did not take it upon themselves to look into negligent alcohol providers. That usually only came after we tracked down those negligent establishments ourselves and handed evidence to the authorities on a silver platter. In fact, there were even a few times authorities took that evidence and did nothing with it, meaning we were the only ones trying to set those negligent alcohol providers straight.

To be clear, there’s no confirmation on whether or not this crash involved someone who was over-served by an alcohol provider. But if alcohol was a factor here, it would be irresponsible not to look into that possibility. So if authorities are looking into that here, that’s good. If not, it wouldn’t be all that surprising, but it would be a big mistake.