Jacqui Saburido was born and grew up in Caracas, Venezuela. An only child, she lived with her father after her parents divorced. She loved going to the beach, dancing, and hanging out with her friends. On Sunday, September 19,1999 Natalia Bennett and four others were headed home from a birthday party in Austin, Texas. Her front seat passenger was Jacqui Saburido.
Reggie Stephey, 18, was also on his way home and had been drinking. Less than a mile from his driveway, Reggie drifted across the center stripe and hit Natalia’s car head on. Natalia Bennett and Laura Guerrero died at the scene. Jacqui suffered third-degree burns over 60 percent of her body after the car caught fire. Reggie was convicted of two counts of intoxication manslaughter …show more content…
(Ralph Hingson, December 2003) Unfortunately statistics show that men have more of a likelihood to drunk drive then women. According to drunk driving stats.org In 2010, men were responsible for four out of every five DUIs. And although only 11% of the adult population is made up of males between the ages of 21 and 34, this high-risk group was responsible for 32% of all drunk driving episodes. A male who drank at least five alcoholic beverages in a short amount of time (or a female who drank at least four) caused 85% of all reported drunk driving incidents.
It is a well known fact that driving under any type of mind altering substance or drugs is exteremly dangerous. Accidents including death are all too often the result of the poor decision of driving under the influence. Every day, people are seriously injured and even killed in drunk driving accidents. That’s why, even if it’s a first offense, every state has tough DUI laws and