I read an article from "The Rocky Mountain News" about a former police officer who was sentenced to 72 years in prison after killing two college students while driving drunk.
Patrick Strawmatt, age 43, will not be eligible for parole until he is 91. He still faces previous charged in which he eluded police, rammed a cop car, and punched a sheriff in the face. Stawmatts blood-alcohol content was 0.29 percent and he had five prescription drugs in his system when he killed Jake Brock and Jennifer Kois.
This article applies to me because I will be driving soon. Although the man in this story was not a teenager, many times fatal accidents involve drunk teens. This article shows how important it is to not drink and drive. Two innocent people were killed because one man decided to try and drive home after he had been drinking. People need to be able to make better decisions when it comes to driving. There are too many accidents in the world that are caused by drunk driving. If people would just stop and think, a lot of lives would be saved.
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