The message has long been clear: Don’t drink and drive. But health experts say the warning goes further than most people think — and one local mother says she learned that lesson the hard way after her son was nearly killed.
It has been nearly eight years since the deadly crash, but Nelson’s mother and sister say it feels like Alvin died yesterday.
Drunk driving continues to be a deadly issue nationwide with Northeast Florida being no exception. A recent study ranked Florida second in the country for alcohol-impaired driving deaths, just behind Texas.
FHP DUI Wolfpack was out at the beaches with the Jacksonville Beach Police and Neptune Beach Police to crack down on people drinking behind the wheel.
The new national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is using her personal story to save lives as the organization targets young people.
Start your New Year off safely and responsibly by making sure you get a ride home after celebrating with friends and family. Jacksonville law firm Farah & Farah is sponsoring free rides home on New Year’s Eve.
According to the latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety administration, more than 10,100 died in drunk driving accidents on U.S. roadways in 2019. While that's the lowest total since records started being kept in 1982, consider this: every day, about 28 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that's one person every 52 minutes.
