Motorcyclist Brian Lackey latest life lost to drunk driving accident

Brian "Ace" Lackey is the latest victim of drunk driving in the Houston area. According to DPS Troopers around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 23-year old Rodrigo Gallegos' Chevy Impala crashed into Brian Lackey's Honda motorcycle as Brian was riding at Kropik Road and State Highway 242. Troopers discovered beer cans and realized that Gallegos was drunk. Brian sustained a brain injury, so he was life flighted from the accident scene to Memorial Hermann, but passed away from his injuries this afternoon. Amazingly, Gallegos was driving with his wife in the front seat and his two kids in the back seat, a 1-year old and a infant.

Brian Lackey has been a member of the San Jacinto High Rollers motorcycle club for 13-years. Gallegos is currently in Montgomery County jail facing a charge of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger over the age of 15. Channel 2 Houston's story is here.

Brian Lackey

Truly, I cannot stand drunk drivers. If you want to have a drink, so be it, there's no law against having a drink. But when you drink to the point of intoxication then get behind the wheel, obviously you risk more than just your own safety. I cannot figure out what it is about the Houston area that we lead the nation in drunk driving fatalities.

Daragh Carter