It is summertime and the July 4th holiday is over for the most part but many of us will be attending outdoor functions where alcohol is being served. The key here is designated drivers!

Look we all like to have fun but how much fun is it being on trial for vehicular manslaughter? On July 3rd this year 43 year old Ranulfo Torres-Padron of Lockhart Texas, allegedly was intoxicated and driving down a street when he hit 16 year old Christine Bell flinging her body into a ditch.

He then supposedly without stopping, went on his drunken way until he finally wrecked down the street. Christine was found dead in the ditch by her family after they became concerned about her whereabouts.

After finding debris at the site of the hit and run they were able to match it to his crashed vehicle. He said he remembered hitting “an animal or something” before crashing his car. The top of this sad of story is not only did he run over this poor girl and leave her there to die, he crashed his vehicle a second time and left the scene as well.

When the police found his wrecked car, which was tied to the debris at the scene of the hit and run, he was nowhere to be found. He had left the scene and walked to a gas station to call his girlfriend for a ride.

This man should have the book thrown at him, hell the whole library for what he did that night. Anyone who would get drunk enough to supposedly not know they ran over a human being has zero regard for anyone else. There should be no sympathy for this man nor should there be any mercy.

Keep this in mind when you head out to have fun this summer when alcohol is involved. Friends don’t let friends drive drunk! One night of drinking could ruin your life and the lives of many others and you have to ask “is it worth it”? The answer is no!

Be safe out there and call a cab or use a designated driver for all of our sakes.

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