Victim identification made in traffic accident that killed 5
UPDATE: The driver killed in Sunday night's accident on Beltway 8 and Wilson Rd. has been identified by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences as 41 year-old Valentin Garcia. Identification of the other victims is still pending.
The 11 year-old girl extracted alive from the wreckage and taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital remains in critical condition.
The driver accused of causing the accident, Efraim Carmona, also remains at the hospital. He is charged with 5 counts of Intoxication Manslaughter and 1 count of Intoxication Assault.
HCSO investigators have also learned that Garcia and his family were in the process of moving to Oklahoma, where an 18 year-old son lives, when the accident occurred.
ORIGINAL: At least five people (four adults and one childe) have been killed in a traffic accident this early morning after their vehicle was struck by a driver going the wrong way.
It happened on Wilson Rd and Beltway 8.
A sixth person has been taken by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital.
The driver of the vehicle going the wrong way was taken by ambulance to Ben Taub Hospital.
Address/Location
Harris County Sheriff's Office
1200 Baker St
Houston, TX 77002
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 713-221-6000