DWI Hit Parade!

Reyes Duran
From El Paso Times
A 42-year-old El Paso woman was killed late Monday night when the car she was riding in was hit by an alleged drunken driver going the wrong way on Interstate 25 near Socorro, N.M., state police said Tuesday.
New Mexico State Police said Bertha Sanchez died in the three-vehicle collision that occurred at 10:30 on I-25 seven miles south of Socorro.
Police said Reyes Duran, 21, of Socorro, was driving a Cadillac north in the southbound lanes when he hit a Honda. After the impact, the Cadillac stopped in the middle of the southbound lanes and was hit by a van.
Sanchez, who was a passenger in the Honda, died at the scene. ….MORE

From KTSM.com
EL PASO— One man is in jail Monday and the passenger in his car is in the hospital after the car they were in slammed into a rock wall in the early morning.  20-year-old Alejandro Diaz-Rivera of the 11600 block of Stockmeyer, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after an accident at 2:41 a.m. Monday….MORE

From ElPasoTimes.com:
Eight people — including four young adults this week — have been killed in traffic collisions on El Paso’s streets this year compared with three at this time last year. Police suspect alcohol was a factor in half this year’s fatal crashes.
“This is something that doesn’t go along with the safe-city designation we have right now,” Allen said at a news conference at Police Headquarters.  MORE

From  KFOXtv.com
EL PASO, Texas — A candlelight vigil gets underway at 6 p.m. Thursday to remember two former Montwood High School students who were killed in an early morning crash. Friends said Evalynn Rose and Jeannette Lazaro, both 21, were out celebrating Evalynn’s birthday when they were hit by a drunk driver at Lee and Turner Road.  MORE