Real lives, real losses of drunk driving

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One quarter of 2024 traffic fatalities in Texas were DUI-alcohol related

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Marcus Nalepa and his 8-year-old daughter Kelsey were on the way to her softball practice in League City when their lives changed forever.

Just feet from Kelsey’s elementary school, a drunk driver slammed into the family car at a stop light. Kelsey suffered brain injuries and died two days later.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is sharing Kelsey’s sto…