When Will People Realize Drunk Driving Kills?
We have this really annoying habit as humans of thinking we’re invincible or that the one tragic thing that could happen in a situation won’t happen to us. Nowhere else is this more evident than with the drunk driver. Rarely does the driver set out to kill—he/she only wants to ride the high as they get from point A to B—but we know all too well that driving under the influence can kill. And drunk drivers have been killing children recently in New York City. This month alone, three children have died as a result of riding in a vehicle driven by a woman allegedly under the influence. Sheila Bethea was charged Tuesday with manslaughter, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child after the minivan she was driving collided head-on with another minivan in Queens. The crash killed two of the five girls she was transporting to a foster center on Monday. Another girl is in a medically induced coma in intensive care and an adult passenger may lose the use of an eye. Bethea reportedly was dr