19-year-old North TX driver faces intoxication manslaughter after crash kills passenger
A 19-year-old North Texas driver faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter in a weekend crash that killed his passenger.
The Grand Prairie Police Department investigated the fatal accident, which occurred about 1:40 a.m. Sunday on the Interstate 30 service road at the intersection with Belt Line Road.
Armando Tovar Jr. was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck west on the I-30 service road when he failed to negotiate the U-turn and hit a tree, Grand Prairie police said in a news release.
Tovar sustained minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. His passenger died at the hospital.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 25-year-old Jose Alexandro Alvarez.
After he was released from the hospital, Tovar was arrested and booked at the Grand Prairie Detention Center.
