March 2025

TxDOT launches spring break drunk driving prevention campaign

51% of alcohol-related crashes in Texas during the 2023 spring break holiday period involved drivers ages 17–30 AUSTIN – What begins as a fun time with friends over spring break can turn tragic in an instant, and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is reminding everyone to always get a sober ride. Shocking cell phone video shows the moments before 17-year-old Andrea Elizalde of Amarillo was killed in a crash in the spring of 2019.

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