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An 18-year-old was arrested after a high-speed fatal crash in Grand Prairie on Sunday, police said.
The driver, Ernesto Esqueda, of Dallas, faces a charge of manslaughter, Grand Prairie police said in a news release.
Grand Prairie police officers responded to the crash shortly before 2 p.m. in the 300 block of E. Jefferson Street, police said.
Esqueda was driving eastbound on Jefferson Street in a Dodge car when he struck a Ford SUV turning from westbound Jefferson onto Southeast 2nd Street, police said.
The driver and sole occupant of the Ford SUV was taken to a local hospital, where he died, police said. Esqueda was also taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators used surveillance video from nearby businesses to determine that Esqueda was driving at a high rate of speed before the crash, police said.
The man who died will be identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office once next of kin have been notified.
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Shambhavi covers crime, law enforcement and other breaking news in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. She graduated from the University of North Texas and previously covered a variety of general assignment topics in West Texas. She grew up in Nepal.