Boy Dies From 2009 Injuries Suffered In Drunk Driving Accident
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - A little boy, who had spent the last six years a vegetative state after being hit by a drunk driver, died Sunday morning.
Abdallah Khader was eight years old. A drunk driver crushed him in an accident in 2009.
According to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, he died at 4:20 Sunday morning.
Abdallah family was rear-ended by Stewart Richardson, as they sat stopped at a red light on Cooper Street.
Since his accident Abdallah, lived in a vegetative state and had to have constant care.
The impact of the crash left then two-year old son, Abdallah, with damage to 80 percent of his brain.
Tests showed Richardson had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.
Since the crash in 2009, the family succeeded in getting Abdallah's Law passed, which makes the punishment harsher for those who drive while intoxicated.
The family was motivated to seek changes after finding out Richardson had previously been convicted of DWI seven times in four other states.
The family had hoped to send Richardson to jail for life, but a judge granted pre-trial defense motion limiting the punishment to a maximum of 20 years.
The family also sought a civil lawsuit against, Stewart Richardson, the driver, and Applebee's.
They sought over $10 million for care for Abdallah's physical needs, loss of earnings, past medical expenses, mental anguish and pain and suffering.
The family believed Richardson was served too much alcohol at the Applebee's and left intoxicated before he rear-ended the family.
Applebee's settled with the family for is undisclosed amount.
Richardson had previously been convicted of seven DWI's in other states but a judge ruled those convictions would only be permissible in Tarrant County courts as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
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