Rideshare passenger killed in Arlington collision caused by drunken driver, police say
A man who was a passenger in the back of a sport utility vehicle died on Sunday in Arlington in a collision with a car driven by a drunken woman, police said.
The driver of a Hyundai Sonata southbound on North Collins Street ran a red light about 2:30 a.m. and collided with a Honda HR-V that was driving through the intersection, heading west on the Interstate 30 service road, Arlington police said.
Two backseat passengers in the HR-V were taken to a hospital with very serious injuries, police said. One of them, a 37-year-old man, was pronounced dead there. The driver of the HR-V, who was providing rideshare service, suffered minor injuries, police said.
Bernida Collins, 50, was driving the Sonata and was intoxicated, police said. An officer obtained a search warrant for her blood. Police did not release her blood-alcohol content.
Police did not say whether Collins was injured in the collision.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office did not release the passenger’s name.
This story was originally published November 7, 2021 at 10:24 PM.
