Two vehicles in high-speed race collide, leading to death of one driver.
August 11, 2018 – 5:00 am: In a crash believed to be caused by alcohol and high-speed racing, one driver was killed early on Saturday morning on eastbound Interstate 10 near Normandy.
It is believed that both drivers were under the influence of alcohol and were racing at high speeds when one of the vehicles, a Cadillac CTS, hit the other, a white SUV, sending it into a grassy knoll by the side of the highway. The driver of the SUV died in the accident.
Shortly after the accident, two other intoxicated drivers attempted to pass through the scene and were detained by emergency personnel.
When news crews asked HPD Sgt. Shantrise Maness what charges would be filed against the suspect, she said, “Right now, intoxicated manslaughter, we don’t know for sure, the D.A. has just made the scene, so they’ll be able to make that determination.”
The names of the suspect and the individual killed in the crash have not yet been released.
Intoxicated manslaughter is a second degree felony, carrying a minimum of 2 years in prison and a maximum of 20 years. Statistics on street racing are scarce, but it caused at least 399 deaths nationwide between 1998 and 2001.
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