He’ll be back.
I'll give it a year before he's in the news again. I hope in the interim he does not gain access to a hand gun or rifle. He may want to hurt someone and that would be a travesty, especially since the Tarrant County Judicial system failed to act on a reasonable punishment for the crime.
If you're a native Texan and can't drive safely at 16, you've got no business being on the road anytime, day or night. Least of all if you're drunk. At 16, he must have been aware that truck accidents kill people all the time. I learned to drive at 10, passed my drivers license test at 14, and I knew that from experience. Some of my fellow students were killed in vehicle accidents while driving to school in bad weather. Others in gun-related accidents while hunting rabbits, but that's another story. We learned we were only made of flesh and blood and accidents can be fatal. That next time it could be me so pay attention.
In Texas today, we have to drive defensibly watching other drivers for sudden moves/stops, while keeping an eye open for children, deer, dogs, disabled vehicles, rocks thrown from overpasses, and trash in the middle of the road. Gone are the old days of speed like a demon from hell and watch out for sheriff deputies, local policemen, and armadillos and deer at feeding time.
Some late parenting and lots of money are not going to help turn life around for him. He's two years older and an adult, which means he is on his own and no longer a minor under their control.
So watch out.