Archive for January 5th, 2011

27-year old with traumatic brain injury speaks out on drunk driving

Sean Carter, a 27-year old Texas man, has become a uniquely qualified speaker on the subject of the dangers of drunk driving. Sean was a college student in North Texas when he made a fateful decision to ride home with some friends after a night’s drinking. An intoxicated friend drove and the pickup truck Sean was riding in left the road and slammed into a tree in Wichita Falls, Texas. Sean had cuts and multiple broken bones and Sean’s mother was told by doctors that Sean’s prospects looked bleak.

Sean sustained a traumatic brain injury that has taken away his ability to speak. He is also unable to walk.  With time Sean regained the ability to recognize letters and now is able to communicate via a computer touch screen. Through determination and perseverance he is also regaining some physical abilities too. Sean has formed a non-profit called When Sean Speaks, and he travels throughout the state speaking to various groups including DWI offenders.

19-year old man charged in deadly car crash in Houston

A 19-year old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in a crash in September 2010 that killed 62-year old Sulema Rosas.  Stephen Hubbard in in the Harris County Jail on $30,000 bail.  According to investigators, an accident reconstruction of the wreck shows that Hubbard was speeding when his Chevrolet Impala crashed into Rosas’ Mazda 626 on September 30, 2010.  Hubbard’s vehicle struck the right side of Rosas’ car; at the time of the collision Rosas was westbound and was trying to cross eastbound lanes to enter an apartment complex.