HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 48-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter following a crash that killed a USPS worker Saturday afternoon, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
The crash happened in the 11700 block of Antoine Drive, Gonzalez shared. He said the crash involved two vehicles, one being a postal truck and the other being a pickup.
“We have witnesses that did observe the vehicle going at a significant high rate of speed. It was a pretty violent crash that occurred,” Sgt. Villacorta said.
According to officials, the driver of the pickup truck was driving southbound on Antoine Drive as he was fleeing the scene of a separate minor crash up the road.
“As he was fleeing, he was going at a high rate of speed, lost control, and struck the rear of the postal truck that was delivering mail at the residences here on the southbound side of the Antoine Drive,” Sgt. Villacorta said.
The sheriff’s office said the driver of the postal vehicle, 58-year-old Steven Marks, was taken to a hospital where he died.
Marks was both well-known and widely loved by neighbors with whom ABC13 spoke.
“I’m going to miss giving him the Long Island tea that he liked to get for Christmas. I’m going to really miss handing that to him,” one neighbor said.
Another neighbor told ABC13 that they used to play pool together as well.
“He’s going to always be in our hearts. He’s somebody that we cared for,” the neighbor said.
Meanwhile, the driver of the pickup, identified as 48-year-old Jose Humberto Romero, was found to have been intoxicated, Gonzalez said, and added that Romero was booked into the Harris County jail.
“This charge would previously (be) a second-degree felony, but the 89th Texas Legislature provided an enhancement, now making it a first-degree felony if the defendant has been previously convicted of DWI, which it appears Romero was in 2023,” Gonzalez said.
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