{"id":436161,"date":"2026-09-15T01:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436161\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T01:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T01:52:10","slug":"driver-charged-with-manslaughter-after-grand-prairie-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436161\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver charged with manslaughter after Grand Prairie crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An 18-year-old was arrested after a high-speed fatal crash in Grand Prairie on Sunday, police said.<\/p>\n

The driver, Ernesto Esqueda, of Dallas, faces a charge of manslaughter, Grand Prairie police said in a news release.<\/p>\n

Grand Prairie police officers responded to the crash shortly before 2 p.m. in the 300 block of E. Jefferson Street, police said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Investigators used surveillance video from nearby businesses to determine that Esqueda was driving at a high rate of speed before the crash, police said.<\/p>\n

The man who died will be identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office<\/a> once next of kin have been notified.<\/p>\n

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