{"id":116011,"date":"2026-01-08T21:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116011\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:40:11","slug":"former-el-paso-city-rep-in-total-disbelief-after-brother-crashes-truck-into-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/116011\/","title":{"rendered":"Former El Paso City Rep. ‘in total disbelief’ after brother crashes truck into home"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On January 5, a truck driven by Carlos Molinar crashed<\/a> into a Northeast El Paso home. Now, Carlos Molinar’s brother, former El Paso City Rep. Joe Molinar, is confirming to ABC-7 that he went to the house that evening. Joe Molinar tells ABC-7 that he went to the scene out of concern for his brother.<\/p>\n

ABC-7 reached out to Joe Molinar by phone after family members of the homeowner, who was injured in the incident, told ABC-7 that they spotted Joe Molinar at the house that night. Joe Molinar gave ABC-7 a statement over the phone Thursday morning. He said his priority is the injured homeowner. Read the statement in full below:<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of concern for my brother, I went to the scene. In total disbelief, I took one or two pictures and then left. The priority is not my brother or the house\u2014the priority is the woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Former City Rep. Joe Molinar<\/p>\n

The house, located at Sun Valley Dr. and Sharp Dr., was damaged when Carlos Molinar’s truck broke through an exterior wall. The homeowner’s family gave ABC-7 surveillance footage showing the truck crashing through the wall and debris falling on the homeowner as she was going to bed.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, police confirmed to ABC-7 that charges have been filed in this case. No arrests have been made as of Wednesday. ABC-7 obtained the police report, which lists Carlos Molinar as the driver of the car that crashed into the house.<\/p>\n

The police report lists “Intoxicated- Alcohol,” as a “factor” in this incident. The police report did not provide any additional details.<\/p>\n

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) says it has begun an investigation into the crash. The investigation is seeking to determine if any TABC-licensed businesses are connected to the crash. A TABC spokesperson says that no specific businesses have been identified as yet. Read the TABC’s full statement to ABC-7 below:<\/p>\n

“TABC has begun an investigation into the crash which took place. At present, our investigation is seeking to determine if any TABC-licensed businesses are connected to the crash. No specific businesses have been identified as yet, but we\u2019ll keep you posted if that changes.”<\/p>\n

Chris Porter<\/p>\n

Director of Communications<\/p>\n

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On January 5, a truck driven by Carlos Molinar crashed into a Northeast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-116011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116011","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=116011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}