Drunk Driver Seriously Injures Nine Pedestrians in Accident in New Jersey
A motorist, who drove through a group of pedestrians crossing the road just outside the New Meadowlands Stadium, has been charged with driving under the influence.
Nine pedestrians were injured when 21-year-old New Yorker Frank Morocho drove his car through the pedestrians, who were crossing Route 120 just after midnight on Friday. The nine who were injured had just finished watching a soccer game between Mexico and Ecuador at the new stadium. It was the first professional sporting event at the New Meadowlands Stadium, and had attracted a massive crowd of more than 77,000 people. It was obviously an exciting event. Unfortunately, for the pedestrians who were unlucky enough to be in Morocho’s path, it was a terrible end to a wonderful day. Some of them have been seriously injured in the accident.
Federal safety officials typically estimate that a pedestrian has a lower chance of being involved in an accident if he's walking in a group. Obviously, it wasn't a case of safety in numbers in this particular accident. The fact is that when it comes to intoxicated motorists, none of the usual rules matter. You could be driving very carefully at low speeds, but you may have little chance to avoid an accident if you're unlucky enough to be around a drunk driver.
Fortunately, we have fewer drunk drivers on New Jersey streets today compared to in the past. Drunk driving is now not the number one killer on American roads. That dubious honor goes to speeding, although it is failure to wear seat belts that is the single most dangerous practice a motorist could engage in. However, as a New Jersey personal injury lawyer, I believe that we need to continue efforts against drunk driving to further minimize these fatality rates.
