Not necessarily. They could have easily stolen the alcohol from somewhere or someone. I understand the town is hurting and the families are devestated, however, I am not see vile comments, only people stating the obvious about drinking and driving. 

Remember when they used to have wrecked cars in front of the high schools from drunk driving accidents? They need to go back to that, have visible reminders of what can happen. 

We have the technology, I don't understand the logic in self driving, self parking vehicles when instead thousands of lives coud easily be saved by DUI locks, preventing the driver from getting behind the wheel. 

Yes, the passenger did choose to get in the vehicle after the driver had been drinking. Many times people think they are "safer" if they aren't the driver. This is not true, and needs to be said. Maybe we can help change the culture with positive peer pressure, hey man, we've both been drinking, neither of us should drive,  it's not safe for both of us.