according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\nThree-year-old orphan Dieguito is still in the hospital in critical but stable condition, cops said. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
Lizbeth Rodriguez Contreras, a 27-year-old teacher, and her daughter, Camila Pena, 5, died at the scene, cops said.<\/p>\n
Dad Diego Pena Jr., 26, and the 3-year-old boy, identified by family members as Dieguito, were rushed to the hospital by ambulance, but the father died from his injuries.<\/p>\n
Dieguito, described as a\u201d sweet and innocent boy,\u201d remained hospitalized as of Christmas Eve in critical but stable condition, according to police and devastated relatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an instant, Dieguito lost the people who loved him, protected him, and were his entire world. He is currently receiving medical care, will undergo surgeries and continues to fight through recovery,\u201d heartbroken family members wrote in a GoFundMe campaign raising money for the now-parentless toddler.<\/p>\n
The family of four was struck head-on by an alleged drunken driver early Saturday. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
Dieguito was the sole survivor of the crash that also killed his 5-year-old sister, Camila. GoFundMe<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile he is surrounded by family who love him deeply, the emotional and financial weight of this loss is overwhelming for all of the family. No family should ever have to plan funerals for three loved ones while also worrying about the medical care and future of a surviving child.\u201d<\/p>\n
The driver of the other vehicle, 27-year-old Majesti Faith Lee, was transported to a hospital by Life Flight and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police said alcohol was a factor in the crash, and Lee was arrested Wednesday and charged with intoxicated manslaughter enhanced to a first-degree felony and one count of intoxication assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Majesti Faith Lee was arrested Wednesday and charged with intoxicated manslaughter in the tragic horror. Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
She is being held at the Fort Bend County Jail on $1,050,000 bond, jail records show.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts are with the family as they endure an unimaginable loss,\u201d Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said in a statement. \u201cThis tragedy is a painful reminder of how quickly lives can be changed when impaired driving occurs, and why making responsible choices behind the wheel is so critical.\u201d<\/p>\n
Contreras was a \u201cbeloved\u201d fourth-grade teacher at Metcalf Elementary School in Houston, where her \u201cmini-me\u201d Camila also attended preschool, family members said.<\/p>\n
Pena Jr. was a handyman, and nothing made his son happier than imitating his father doing work around the house, according to relatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 3-year-old boy was tragically left orphaned when a wrong-way alleged drunken driver crashed into his family\u2019s car…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13530,294,21515,27,29,28,734],"class_list":{"0":"post-100826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-car-crashes","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-drunk-driving","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}