Two bartenders have been criminally charged after an intoxicated patron left their bar and allegedly caused a fatal crash.
Texas bartenders Shafay Look, 34, and Jon Ward, 56, of the Island Pier Club in Galveston, Texas, were charged with “selling an alcoholic beverage to an intoxicated person” — a 50-year-old woman named Gerilyn Weberlein — who in June allegedly crashed her car into two bicyclists 15 minutes after leaving the bar.
According to the Houston Chronicle, both victims were treated in the emergency room; one suffered a broken arm and cuts, and the other, a 23-year-old man named Marco Beltran, died the following morning.
The Chronicle reports that the bar’s surveillance video showed Look and Ward serving Weberlein despite her spilling drinks, stumbling, and needing the assistance of other customers to stand.
According to local news station Fox 26, Weberlein was charged with intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter. Look and Ward each face a fine of up to $500 and one year in jail.
The bartenders’ arrest raises the question, should servers be held accountable for what patrons do after leaving a bar?
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