An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with a wrong-way collision that killed two people early Saturday morning in Fort Worth, police said.
Axel Perez was arrested at 4:37 a.m. Saturday and booked into the Tarrant County jail on Sunday. He faces two charges of intoxicated manslaughter with a vehicle. As of Tuesday afternoon, no bail amount had been set.
Officers responded to reports of a major accident at Interstate 35W and Garden Acres Drive around 2:08 a.m.
Investigators said a car, believed to be driven by Perez, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of traffic when it collided with another vehicle.
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Two people, identified as Fructoso Cielo Tlatenchi, 63, and Saul Carlos Flores, 44, died at the scene, police said.
Both victims died around 2:16 a.m. from blunt force injuries, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.