NORTHVILLE, Mich. — The relatives of a family of five killed by a wrong-way drunk driving are now suing the two Kentucky bars who served the driver.
The wrongful-death lawsuit accuses those bars of over serving 41-year-old Joey Bailey.
According to the Fayette County Coroner, Bailey’s blood alcohol content (BAC) was .306, which is nearly four times the legal limit when he hit and killed the Abbas family of Northville.
According to the lawsuit, Bailey was served drinks at two Kentucky bars the day of the crash on January 6th 2019. The lawsuit says after that he drove the wrong way on I-75 in Kentucky four about six miles before he crashed in to the Abbas’s family SUV head on.
The family was heading home from Florida to their home in Northville.
The crash killed the five members of the Abbas family and Bailey.
The wrongful-death lawsuit says both bars kept serving Bailey even though there should have been obvious signs of him being drunk. The suit is seeking compensation and damages from the bars and from Bailey’s Estate.
Shortly after the crash, Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell introduced a bill in memory of the Abbas family.
The bill would require all news cars in the United States to be equipped with ignition interlock devices that measure someone’s alcohol level before they can start a vehicle.
FOX 47 News will be tracking the bill’s progress.
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