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Four people standing in front of a Saturn after changing the vehicle’s tire were hit by a drunk driver on the Eastex Freeway. The driver of the car, Marsella Barboa, 39, was in the car with her 10 year old son, Victor Betancourt, when the Saturn’s tire went flat.
Barbosa called a friend to help her with the flat tire, and the man arrived with his 17 year old daughter to assist. Not long after the man finished changing the tire, a drunken driver crashed into the Saturn at a high rate of speed.
The impact killed the man who had changed the tire, and also killed his daughter, who was thrown 65 feet from the point of impact. Barbosa was seriously hurt and left unconscious after the collision. Her son survived the accident after being thrown over the freeway overpass and landing in a bayou.
Barbosa will likely lose her legs because of the serious injuries that she suffered in the accident. Her son, however, was lucky in that he landed in the bayou below the overpass. He was not seriously injured and is expected to recover without issue.
The drunken driver, Roy V. Boston, 50, told police that he had been drinking, however it is not now known what his BAC was at the time of the crash. Boston has been in Harris County Jail since the accident and is being held on a total of $90,000 in bonds. He will likely be charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter and one charge of intoxication assault.
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