• July 01, 2022

J. Carmen Garcia Padron Killed, 1 Injured in Car Accident in Dallas, TX

UPDATE (July 18, 2022): Sources identified the man killed in the crash as 43-year-old J. Carmen Garcia Padron. Others were not identified, and additional details remain unavailable.

Dallas, TX -- April 30, 2022, one person was killed and one was injured due to an accident in which a vehicle crashed into a disabled car on the LBJ Freeway.

Investigators reported that the crash took place at approximately 2:21 a.m. in the area of LBJ Freeway/I-635 and Denton Drive.

According to officials, a Toyota Camry was on westbound lanes, reportedly with no lights on and stationary in the middle of a lane of travel. While there, a Volkswagen and a Mercedes-Benz both crashed into the vehicle.

Due to the collision, the driver of the Toyota ultimately succumbed to fatal injuries. The Mercedes-Benz driver, a 37-year-old Pearland man, had incapacitating injuries.

The factors surrounding the crash are unclear at this time.

Commentary on Fatal Car Accident at Denton Drive in Dallas

It's dangerous enough to be on the freeway while stationary, but the vehicle possibly not having its lights on only makes things more concerning. This may have just been a terrible case of wrong time and place due to mechanical issues or some kind of medical emergency. But this early in the morning, one also can't rule out something like alcohol.

J. Carmen Garcia Padron Killed, 1 Injured in Car Accident in Dallas, TX

I only bring this up because just after 2:00 a.m. is one of the most dangerous times to be on the road due to drunk drivers on their way home from bars. It's important in those cases to find out if someone was illegally over-served by a local bar. Those businesses can be liable for contributing to a deadly crash like this under dram shop law if they over-served someone who was obviously intoxicated.

Again, I can't say if that happened here. It's simply that the events leading up to this aren't all that usual, and there are no doubt families in need of as many answers and as much help as they can get. Dram shop is just one possibility, but it's one that authorities rarely dig deeply enough into. Are more thorough investigations happening here?

[jump]

Recent Accidents

View All Posts
*We appreciate your feedback and welcome anyone to comment on our blog entries, however all visitor blog comments must be approved by the site moderator prior to showing live on the site. By submitting a blog comment you acknowledge that your post may appear live on the site for any visitors to see, pending moderator approval. The operators of this site are not responsible for the accuracy or content of the comments made by site visitors. By submitting a comment, blog post, or email to this site you acknowledge that you may receive a response with regard to your questions or concerns. If you contact Grossman Law Offices using this online form, your message will not create an attorney-client relationship and will not necessarily be treated as privileged or confidential! You should not send sensitive or confidential information via the Internet. Since the Internet is not necessarily a secure environment, it is not possible to ensure that your message sent via the Internet might be kept secure and confidential. When you fill out a contact or comment form, send us an email directly, initiate a chat session or call us, you acknowledge we may use your contact information to communicate with you in the future for marketing purposes, but such marketing will always be done in an ethical way.