Franklin Tavern Could Close After"Blitzed" Patron's Double-Fatal OWI

The City of Franklin wrestles with appropriate punishment for a tavern where a patron drank heavily before driving away and killing two pedestrians in 2007.

One possible solution: a seventy-five day voluntary closure.

Criminal charges were considered against tavern personnel because one bartender admitting serving the patron knowing he was "pretty well-blitzed."

Municipalities have revoked tavern operating licneses for a variety of on-site problems, and this case is unfolding in the wake of greater awareness and public anger about drunken driving.