According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 people die every day in car crashes involving drunk drivers. While any drunk driving accident is already horrifying, there have been car collisions that are more shocking than most, not only because of a higher death toll but because of some of the circumstances surrounding them. Here are some of the worst drunk driving accidents of all time.


Considering that some of the drunk drivers mentioned below have already had prior DUIs, we cannot help but think how things might have turned out differently if the judges who convicted them the first time around had made interlock device installation part of the penalties. In hindsight, hundreds of lives could have been saved.


Drunk California teen livestreams crash, kid sister’s death


While this July 2017 accident in Los Banos, California claimed the life of just one person, 14-year-old Jacqueline Sanchez, this crash is particularly shocking since the drunk driver, Jacqueline’s older sister Obdulia, 18, was livestreaming over Instagram the entire time. Obdulia even shot a video of a dying Jacqueline minutes after the crash.


Drunk driver runs over two young boys, later killed with a gunshot to the head


Jose Banda, 20, plowed into David Barajas and his sons David Jr., 12, and Caleb, 11, while they were pushing a truck that ran out of gas on a road near Alvin, Texas in December 2012. Banda was later found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Barajas was charged with the murder of Banda, which was seen as revenge for the death of his two young boys at the hands of a drunk driver. Barajas was later acquitted.


Pants On Fire
Guy comes into the emergency department via Ambulance with burns on his lower extremities. His shoes are charred and the bottoms of his pants are definitely burned away but his skin isn't so bad. He had been trying to use a propane-powered weed burner in his yard (think flame thrower) and things got a little out of control. I smelled alcohol on his breath so I asked the guy if he had been drinking and he looked me directly in the eye and said, "Nooooo". I got drunk just standing next to him. It was a once in a lifetime set up and I couldn't help myself. As straight faced and professionally as possible I said, "Sir...liar, liar, pants on fire". The paramedics all turned at once and ran out of the room they were laughing so hard! The patient just stared at me. He was so drunk it went totally over his head.

Sex Therapy Session

Not a doctor, but my human sexuality professor in grad school had some interesting stories. He worked a lot in very conservative Christian communities and so a lot of times people got married with no sex education. One couple was in therapy because neither one of them enjoyed sex or ever had an orgasm. After having them talk through step by step what they did in bed, he learned the guy was just sticking it in and nothing else. He told the guy to move back and forth next time and see what happened. They couple came back one more time to say "THANK YOU!!!!!" and didn't need any more sessions.

Coming Out Of Anaesthesia

Surgeon here. Was doing varicose veins surgery on a very posh middle aged lady. Very cut class accent. There was an anaesthetic that we used that sometimes induced some hallucinations either going under or coming out of anaesthesia and heard some funny things.
Anyway this lady was in recovery just coming out of the anaesthetic. The team were around waiting for her to wake up and gag a little on the tube in her throat (for breathing) so we knew it was time to remove it. She gagged, we removed the tube, she smacked her lips and said loudly, in her incredible accent:

'That's the best bit of cock I have had in years!'

The whole recovery room just fell about laughing. Luckily she didn't remember it.



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