Scurry County, TX — February 12, 2024, Thi Nguyen and one other were killed due to a wrong-way car accident at 8:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 84.
According to officials, the crash took place on southbound lanes of U.S. 84 roughly 6 miles north of Snyder.
Preliminary statements say that 30-year-old Thi Yen Ngoc Nguyen was in a Mercedes-Benz going southbound along U.S. 84. From the northbound lane, authorities claim that a Nissan Altima was traveling on the wrong side of the road. This caused the two vehicles to collide.
As a result of the collision, Nguyen sustained fatal injuries. The driver of the Nissan also reportedly died due to the crash. Right now, additional details about the crash can’t be confirmed.
Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman
These wrong-way crashes happen all too often, and they leave people wondering what can be done to stop them. There are many potential valid answers to that question, but folks inevitably have to confront the reality that the vast majority of wrong-way crashes happen due to drunk driving. Here’s why that matters.
It’s not just that most wrong-way crashes involve intoxicated drivers; it’s that they involve extremely intoxicated drivers. The level of intoxication it takes for someone not to realize they’re on the completely wrong side of the road is significant, and that usually means a bar or some other alcohol provider broke the law and over-served them to that point.
Our firm had a case not long ago that shows how this can happen. In that case, a man drove the wrong way into traffic and hit a family’s car head-on. When we retraced the driver’s steps, it led to a local bar where the man had been drinking with co-workers during a happy hour. The evidence clearly showed that man presented every clear sign that he was a danger to others due to his obvious intoxication. The guy could barely walk to and from the bathroom, let alone drive. Despite this, the servers kept pouring drink after drink so long as he was buying, and he became so disoriented that he couldn’t even tell he was driving into oncoming traffic.
Put simply, weeding out and holding accountable those kinds of alcohol providers is one of the most effective safeguards for preventing wrong-way accidents. Things like extra signage or lighting or redesigned roadways can help, but they would just delay when the next drunk driver would ignore all of those fixes and cause another wreck. In contrast, across hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases against alcohol providers, I can’t recall a single one who was held responsible that continued their reckless practices. Once they realize their behavior opens them up to criminal charges, liability, fines, and even suspended licenses, they clean up their act. That means fewer alcohol providers putting lives at risk.
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