Overnight, four persons were killed in a horrific collision on Interstate 20 close to FM 741 in Mesquite.
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Four people were helping to change a tire on an SUV alongside I-20 in Mesquite overnight.
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Another driver ran off the road, hitting them and their SUV. All four people died at the scene.
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The driver who hit them, Basilio Mares Ortiz, is now charged with intoxication manslaughter.
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Four people were helping to change a tire on an SUV alongside I-20 in Mesquite overnight.
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Another driver ran off the road, hitting them and their SUV. All four people died at the scene.
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The driver who hit them, Basilio Mares Ortiz, is now charged with intoxication manslaughter.
Texas’s MesquiteFour persons were killed in a horrific midnight incident in Kaufman County.
Around two in the morning, a tragic collision occurred on Interstate 20 close to FM 741 in Mesquite.
According to the police, a flat tire caused an SUV to pull over on the side of the highway.
Another driver struck four persons who were outside the car assisting with a tire replacement.
The motorist, who was identified as Basilio Mares Ortiz, 35, then veered off the road and into a ditch.
Mesquite PD’s Basilio Mares Ortiz.
At the site, the four occupants of the disabled SUV perished.
Arturo Martinez Gonzalez, 47, Anthony Hernandez, 19, Mario Guajardo De La Paz, and a male 15-year-old have been identified as the individuals in question. They were all Terrell natives.
Ortiz was taken into custody by the police and accused of four counts of drunken manslaughter.
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The Mesquite Police Department provided the information used in this article.
The Mesquite Police Department provided the information used in this article.
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