Victims Pay for DUI

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Bucks County all flocked to James Michener Art Museum to hold a vigil. Present were Michael Egan, Bristol Township police officer; David Zellis, First District Asst. Attorney; and Colleen Fuller, a DUI victim.

More than 60 people have gathered in the courtyard of the museum. Egan, 33, retold the incident on Aug. 27, 2005 when his life changed because of a drunk driver. “I remember that I was so thirsty. It turned out that the reason is because I lost a lot of blood.”

Egan lost his leg because a drunk driver struck him and Mark Buzby (his fellow officer) while they’re working on a Route 413 accident scene. He was hospitalized for 47 days and he won’t be able to carry his 2-year old daughter as a result.

Moreover, Zellis lamented that the perception of society to DUI has to change. “We have a community desensitized to drunk driving, and that has to change,” he said.

Many speakers went up to tell their tales of losing a loved one or becoming a victim. One of then is Fuller. She was just 26 years old when a running truck (60mph) struck her vehicle in the rear. Although her car is not moving, she was pushed in the back of a big tractor-trailer a few years ago. She suffered many fractures, numerous internal injuries, and a broken back but the drunken driver didn’t have a scratch.

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