On December 2, 2006, Prison Break television actor Lane Garrison was involved in an auto accident that killed one boy and injured two girls, one who sustained serious injuries.  The boy, Vahagn Setian, a 17 year old who attended Beverly Hills High School, was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Garrison pleaded guilty in May 2007 to charges of felony DUI causing injury to multiple victims, felony vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and without gross negligence, and misdemeanor furnishing minors with alcohol.

Our car accident lawyers do not condone drunk driving at all.  It is a bad decision that can affect the drunk driver’s life and the lives of others riding as passengers in his automobile, or other cars on the road.

Because we want to prevent as many car accidents caused by drunk driving as possible, our car accident attorneys have a DUI prevention resource page that can point you in the right direction if you want to know how bad a car accident caused by drunk driving can be or if you or someone you know needs help with a drinking problem.

The three high school students had recognized Garrison at a grocery store and invited him to a party.  There, prosecutors alleged, he had drunk vodka before driving the teenagers back to the market for more alcohol.  That is when he crashed his automobile into a tree.  Blood tests taken after the car accident show that Garrison had been driving under the influence of cocaine and also had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .16%.  That is double the legal limit of .08%!

On November 1, 2007, Garrison was sentenced to three years and four months in state prison, although he will most likely be eligible for release in 18 months.

In this instance, a celebrity killed a child that he did not even know.  It is completely out-of-line for Garrison to think that it was okay to go to a high school party, furnish alcohol to these three teenagers, and then endanger their lives even further by driving them around intoxicated.

Please feel free to call us now at 1-800-655-6585 or you can click here for a free consultation with an experienced car accident attorney.   We have a large bilingual staff that can assist you in either English or Spanish.  No fee if no recovery.

About Michael Pines

Michael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.

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