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Trial of drunk driver accused of killing 3 begins in Galveston TX

The trial of a man originally charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter has begun in Galveston.  The fatal auto accident, which happened on Mother’s Day of last year, took the lives of a man and two children at 12th Street and Seawall Boulevard in Galveston.

The accused, 46 year old Orvel Wayne Speck, is accused of crashing his SUV into the victim’s car, which was parked on the seawall.  The victim, Tremane Albert, 25, from Houston and two children, 10 year old Alan Meredith and 3 year old Isaiah Barnett, were standing outside of the car when they were killed by the collision.

After the accident, Galveston police tested Speck as they suspected that he had been driving under the influence of alcohol.  They found that his blood alcohol content (BAC) was 0.26, which is more than three times the legal limit in Texas of 0.08.

Speck already has two DUI charges on his record, from 1989 and 1990.  Because of his previous record the Galveston County Criminal District Attorney tried to change Speck’s intoxication manslaughter charges to murder charges.  Unfortunately this was not possible because of a problem with one of his prior convictions.

According to Speck’s defense attorney, he will plead not guilty to the charges against him.  If convicted of all the charges against him, he could face up to 60 years in jail – a hefty sentence indeed, although sadly nothing will bring back Albert and the two children who died needlessly over a year ago.

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