UPDATE (June 27, 2025): Authorities identified the passenger in the Altima as Alexander Nielsen.
Harris County, TX — October 15, 2024, 22-year-old Shawn Anderson and two other people were injured in an auto accident on Grand Parkway in Harris County.
Authorities say the incident happened around 8:35 p.m. on the 15600 block of North Grand Parkway at Telge Road. Preliminary investigation suggests a Nissan Maxima was traveling west on the Grand Parkway exit ramp toward the Telge intersection. Nearby, Shawn Anderson was driving a Nissan Altima south on Telge.
Investigators say the Maxima driver disregarded a red light and continued west; it hit the driver’s side of the southbound Altima in the Telge intersection. Both vehicles then spun off the roadway.
Anderson and a 21-year-old passenger in the Altima were critically injured and were airlifted to an area hospital. The Maxima driver, also injured, was reportedly taken by ambulance to a local hospital in stable condition.
Officers alleged that the Maxima driver was under the influence of alcohol and collected blood samples for toxicology testing. Results are pending.
No further information is currently available.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
If reports have their facts straight, police seem to think the driver who ran a red light might have been intoxicated. I can’t speak to that one way or the other, of course, but some people may feel it’s only relevant in terms of what charges she might face. It’s certainly important that people who make such a dangerous choice face serious consequences, but there may also be more to this crash than that. What do I mean? Well, sometimes there’s someone else to hold accountable for accidents like this one.
Texas dram shop law broadens the scope of responsibility for DWI wrecks beyond the drivers to sometimes include the businesses that sold them their drinks. If further investigation found the Maxima driver was over-served by a bar or restaurant before hitting the road that evening, that business may be liable for the damage she caused to the other victims and to herself. It would then be expected to make what amends it could to the people hurt by its reckless and illegal actions.
Just to be clear, alcohol’s only a suspicion right now—not a proven fact. Many other things could have sent that car through the red light, and it’s important that all the possibilities are appropriately explored. I mention dram shop law because police mentioned alcohol, yet even when they confirm a driver was drunk they rarely look past her at where she drank. If a bar’s bad behavior should be stopped, and doing so could also provide much-needed help to three injured people, that seems like more than enough reason to investigate further.
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