Dallas Police Officer Arrested For Driving While Intoxicated | Dallas, Texas Personal Injury Attorney Blog

A 12 year Dallas police officer was arrested in Plano on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a wreck in which a person in another vehicle was hurt. Senior Cpl. David Aguilar, 35, faces charges of driving while intoxicated and failing to stop and render aid, according to a Plano police report. As is typical with many drunk driving accidents, the wreck happened at 12:53 a.m., near the intersection of Custer Road and Plano Parkway. The extent of the injuries of the other driver involved in the wreck is not clear. About an hour later, Plano police stopped Aguilar approximately 5 miles from the scene of the wreck driving a 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup.

Drunk driving is clearly a problem in Texas. Texas has led the nation in drunk driving wrecks for the past 2 years. Texans need to continue to push for harsher punishment of drunk drivers to deter this behavior. In addition, Texans need to hold the bars and servers who provide alcohol to customers accountable when a customer they served alcohol to the point that the customer becomes intoxicated because these bars know that these customers will eventually be driving drunk, and the risks this behavior creates for the public and for the customer.

If you or a loved one has been seriously injured or killed by a drunk driver, contact Rachel Montes or Tom Herald for a free case evaluation if you have been injured in a wreck by a drunk driver. Our firm handles cases in Plano, Fort Worth (Tarrant County), Dallas and throughout Texas. Our main office is located in Irving, Texas just a few miles from DFW Airport and Love Field.