Teen charged in drunk driving crash that killed woman, Fort Worth police say
A 17-year-old boy was arrested in connection to a Christmas Day car crash that killed a woman, Fort Worth police said.
The accident occurred around 5 a.m. on Dec. 25 near the 4800 block of Miller Avenue.
“Upon arrival officers noticed a white Ford and a tan GMC positioned in what appeared to be a head-on collision,” a police spokesman said in an email.
One person was killed in the crash. The deceased was identified as 27-year-old Faustina Araiza Gallegos, who died at a local hospital from blunt force injuries, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The Fort Worth Police Department’s DWI Unit arrested a 17-year-old at the scene. His name will not be released until it’s cleared by the Traffic Investigation Unit, the police department said.
