Memphis, TN : Three people killed in fatal crash in North Parkway On Saturday December 26 2015
Three people were killed in a crash early Saturday morning.
At about 1:45 a.m., officers arrived at the scene at North Parkway and Watkins Road where a silver Dodge Durango crashed.
Three people had been thrown from the car. All three passengers were pronounced dead on the scene. They were later identified as 44-year-old Joel Mateo, 22-year-old Marco Palomeque, and 32-year-old Itzel Vargas.
The driver, Jose Raul Rojas-Pereyra, and another passenger were still inside the car and were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
According to officers, the Dodge was traveling westbound on North Parkway when it lost control, hitting a curb and crashing into a concrete wall. The car flipped several times, throwing the three passengers from the car.
At the hospital, officers said Rojas-Pereyra smelled like intoxicants. He also had watery, glassy, blood-shot eyes.
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