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Posted: June 3, 2009
Updated: June 7, 2009

Warrant: Driver in Leesville High wreck was drinking alcohol

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Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police say Alec William Esoda, 18, was drinking alcohol when he lost control and flipped his pick-up truck early Friday outside Leesville High School, critically injuring a student.

A search warrant obtained by WRAL indicates Esoda's blood alcohol content was .08, the legal limit for anyone age 21 and older.

Ian Anthony Bunn, 17, was ejected from the truck when it overturned. He suffered massive head trauma and was listed in fair condition Sunday at Rex Hospital. Esoda and other passengers weren't seriously injured.

Police had already charged Esoda with a provisional DWI, the charge for anyone underage with alcohol in their system. He was also charged with felony serious injury by vehicle and reckless driving.

RELATED TOPICS: Leesville, Raleigh

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" Bottom line is drunks on the rode kill and injure more than smokers." hard to someone seriously if they do not even quote correct facts.
Click to view my profile Crayzee1
June 4, 2009 5:43 p.m.
**driving drunk**
Click to view my profile stupiditydeservesnosympathy
June 4, 2009 2:03 p.m.
It never ceases to amaze me how many people get slaps on the wrist for driving; yet there is a HUGE campaign against smoking. Bottom line is drunks on the rode kill and injure more than smokers. I still say first offenders need to serve jail time of no less then 1 yr. This kid should pay the price and hopefully never do it again.
Click to view my profile stupiditydeservesnosympathy
June 4, 2009 12:07 p.m.
Anyone want to guess when the lawsuite will be filed against him by the injured party......no pun intended!
miketroll3572
June 4, 2009 12:02 p.m.
swtpea...Would you have preferred that Eduardo killed somebody, or himself, to "learn a lesson"? Sounds like to me that with maturity came sense, like with most people. I think that was his point. That said, too bad the rest of us aren't as perfect as you apparently think you are.
hdonthefarm
June 4, 2009 11:18 a.m.
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