Man with prior DWI arrests in custody after Arlington crash that injured child
ARLINGTON - A 44-year-old man with a history of DWI arrests was in jail on Saturday after police said he drove while intoxicated and caused a wreck that seriously injured a 2-year-old child.
Stewart Richardson, of Davenport, Iowa, was facing a charge of intoxication assault with serious bodily injury, said Lt. Blake Miller, a spokesman for the Arlington Police Department.
According to an accident report, a 2003 Honda Accord occupied by three people was stopped at a red light in the 4900 block of South Cooper Street and Oak Village Boulevard when a northbound Ford F-250, driven by Richardson, slammed into the back of their vehicle.
The collision, which occurred just before 11 p.m., pushed the Accord into the intersection, where it collided with a 1998 Ford Mustang occupied by one person.
The child in the back of the Accord, identified as Abdallah Khader, of Arlington, was taken by helicopter ambulance to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, where he was listed in critical condition on Saturday. The driver of the Accord, Fahad Khader, was taken by ground ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital.
Richardson, meanwhile, was taken to Medical Center of Arlington, where he was treated and released to authorities.
“We need to continue to get the message out about the dangers of drinking and driving,” Miller said. “We have a 2-year-old fighting for his life because what appears to be a driver that habitually drives while intoxicated crashed into a family going home. This could be any one of us with our families.”
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