Yesterday I wrote about a city of Irving worker getting hit by a suspected drunk driver while picking up highway cones and it seems another accident just like it happened in Dallas early this morning. A Dallas road construction worker was seriously hurt after a motorist hit him.

Dallas highway crews had the two right lanes of I-30 near St. Francis Avenue coned off when a Honda drifted into the construction zone and hit the worker. When police got to the scene of the accident they performed a field sobriety test on the Honda’s driver and what did they find? Well for one, that the guy was intoxicated and also a little white powdery substance in his pocket. Now the impaired driver faces an Intoxication Assault charge and possible more charges as authorities test the white powder in his pocket to see if it’s illegal drugs. (My guess is yes.)

Drunk or drugged drivers don’t only face criminal legal action against them for their crimes; their victims can take civil action against them, too. At the Anderson Law Firm in Fort Worth, we sue drunk drivers for hurting our clients. Many people don’t understand that the civil case is very different from the criminal case the drunk driver faces. Although the criminal case will get the drunk driver punished either by paying a fine, serving time or restricting a driver’s license – it will do nothing to pay back those that were innocent victims in the accident. Only in a civil case can you ever win money for the injuries the drunk driver forced you to have.

Learn about your legal rights after a drunk driving accident in DFW – you have a lot more options than you think.

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