RALEIGH, NC : Driver in fatal Raleigh crash had previous DWI conviction on Sunday, 21st August, 2016

The driver charged with killing three people in a Sunday morning accident in north Raleigh had been convicted once before of driving while impaired and also had driven with a revoked license previously, according to court records.

Jaciel Espino-Montes, 22, of 3652 Stevens Mill Road in Goldsboro, is charged with DWI and three counts each of aggravated felony death by motor vehicle and aggravated serious injury by motor vehicle in the weekend crash on Highwoods Boulevard.

Investigators said seven people were inside Espino-Montes' speeding car when he lost control and hit a light pole, a street sign and a tree. The car then flipped, throwing out two passengers.

Nelson Velazquez, 21, of Dudley, Tomas Rivera, 18, of Newton Grove, and Pau Bautista, 22 of Benson, were killed in the crash. The other three passengers were taken to WakeMed for treatment of their injuries.

"We got plenty people with broken hearts. The families and other families," Espino-Montes' father, Aras Espino, said Monday.

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Driver in fatal Raleigh crash had previous DWI conviction