The Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office said Bao Giang's case is believed to be the first to be heard after the Lisa Torry Smith Act passed.
10:06 PM CDT September 25, 2023
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas — A man who was arrested last week is believed to be the first to be prosecuted underBao Giang was arrested and charged on Friday. Authorities said Giang was driving the vehicle that hit Don Yeager while he was walking his dog in a crosswalk in the New Territory subdivision around 8 a.m. Yeager was flown to an area hospital but died about an hour after he was hit by Giang's vehicle.
"Everyone driving a car should understand that the minute you put your hands on the steering wheel and you press on that gas, you are handling a deadly weapon,"The law is named after Lisa Torry Smith, who was walking her son to school in 2017 when she was struck and killed by a vehicle. "Even thinking of it today, I still remember it like it was yesterday," Lisa's widower, Elliot Smith, said."Less than an hour earlier, I said good goodbye then she was gone. It's devastating to be honest with you," Smith said.
The law makes it illegal to fail to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian who is clearly in a marked crosswalk. It also required drivers to come to a full stop for any pedestrians or cyclists who are in an intersection. It's not a felony offense for a motorist to cause serious bodily injury to a pedestrian who's legally in a crosswalk.
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