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Automobile accidents caused by drivers operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, illegal drugs or prescription medications (DUI) are responsible for the death of an American every thirty minutes of every day.

Substances that affect your coordination impair or distort your vision, and slow normal reaction times when behind the wheel such as alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, and heroin or prescription medications such as sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and other depressants cause many motor vehicle accidents that are responsible for serious injuries and deaths.

Alcohol and drug impaired drivers make a choice to drive under the influence that impacts the lives of countless innocent people every day. Car accident-related fatalities of one in five young people under the age of fourteen can be attributed to alcohol and drugs as a causative factor.

The trauma sustained in an automobile accident involving alcohol or drugs is often devastating to the spinal cord or head because along with the alcohol and drugs, excessive speed and head-on collisions are typically implicated. Victims of impaired drivers suffer a physical, emotional and financial toll that demands financial compensation for their suffering.

The automobile accident attorneys at The Cochran Firm have years of experience handling DUI cases for their clients and will work diligently for you to protect your legal rights and obtain the justice and financial compensation you deserve to help you cope with the challenges you may face in the future.

If you have been victimized by an alcohol or drug impaired driver, please contact the Birmingham, Alabama office of The Cochran Firm today.

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