{"id":214111,"date":"2026-03-21T07:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214111\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T07:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:19:21","slug":"driver-identified-charged-with-intoxication-manslaughter-after-tow-truck-driver-killed-on-i-20-in-dallas-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/214111\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver identified, charged with intoxication manslaughter after tow truck driver killed on I\u201120 in Dallas, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities have identified the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/tow-truck-driver-killed-i20-intoxication-manslaughter-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">driver accused of fatally striking a tow truck driver assisting a motorist<\/a> on the shoulder of Interstate 20 on Wednesday afternoon near Spur 408 and Mountain Creek Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>Selvin Omar Amador Morazan was arrested for intoxication manslaughter, a second\u2011degree felony, after the victim was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/dallas-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dallas County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the arrest warrant affidavit, deputies responded to the crash at 3:43 p.m. after a witness at a nearby gas station reported that a man had just been hit by a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Tow truck driver found critically injured<\/p>\n<p>When deputies arrived, they found the 67\u2011year\u2011old tow truck driver unconscious but breathing on the right shoulder with severe head injuries. He had been helping a 59\u2011year\u2011old man change a flat tire on the shoulder, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno told deputies the tow truck driver was standing on the left side of his tow truck \u2014 still fully on the shoulder \u2014 when a silver SUV swerved onto the shoulder and struck both him and the truck, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>The tow truck driver was taken to Methodist Central Hospital in critical condition, where he died from his injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/amadormorazen.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"amadormorazen.jpg \" height=\"845\" width=\"620\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Selvin Omar Amador Morazan \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                Dallas County<\/p>\n<p>  Driver says he was looking down<\/p>\n<p>Deputies identified the suspect as Amador Morazan, who told investigators he had looked down after receiving a call from his wife and realized he had hit something when he looked back up. He said he was on his way to work at a Chicken Express in Grand Prairie, the affidavit said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies noted Amador Morazan had red, glossy eyes and detected a strong odor of alcohol coming from the back of the squad car. He admitted to drinking one 12\u2011ounce Michelada around 12:20 p.m. He had no prior DWI arrests, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities have identified the driver accused of fatally striking a tow truck driver assisting a motorist on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,16981,104,103,430,27],"class_list":["post-214111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-county-sheriff","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-north-texas","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214111","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=214111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}