Dallas,TX : 24-year-old man arrested in crash that killed three in far East El Paso on Wednesday night, December 24, 2014
Three people died in a fiery two-car collision early Wednesday in East El Paso, and police arrested a 24-year-old man believed to be a rising El Paso boxer on suspicion of intoxicated manslaughter.
Police said Joel Garcia Jr., of the 11600 block of Diana Lynn Court, was driving a 2010 Camaro on the 1600 block of Joe Battle Boulevard and allegedly drove through a red light and hit another car.
Garcia's vehicle T-boned a 2004 white Pontiac Grand Am at about 1:45 a.m., police said. The other car was on the eastbound lane of Vista del Sol Drive, police said. Both vehicles caught fire.
Two men and a woman in the Grand Am died, police said.
One of the men, who was in the back seat, was thrown from the car, police said.
The young men were identified as brothers Joshua and Isaiah Deal by friends and family on social media postings.
"My boy's. I know you are in a better place and we all will miss you," JoJo Deal posted on his Facebook page. "Both of you are together so look over one another and know that dad will be with you one day. I love you boy's very much. I will never forget you."
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El Paso man arrested for intoxication manslaughter in crash that killed 3