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1 Dead After SUV Crashes Into Dallas House

August 21, 2011 8:55 PM
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - One person was killed when the driver of an SUV crashed into the back of a Dallas house.

The incident happened on Carissa Drive at Jupiter Road, around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Witnesses said the driver was may have been going as fast as 70 mph when he ran a red light and smashed through a fence, knocked a tree down in the yard and crashed into the house.

The crash killed the passenger sitting in the front seat of the vehicle, later identified as 19-year-old Humberto Najera.

Police said the driver, who was taken to Baylor Hospital in serious condition, is being charged with criminally negligent homicide.

Another passenger in the vehicle ran from the scene and was later caught and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Police say a mother and her four children, all sleeping inside the home at the time of the crash, were not injured.

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  • Quit Whinning

    Legal or illegal?

    • Demi

      Im sure illegal, and drunk

  • Mr Black

    Don’t matter, hang them.

  • http://www.dallascarcrash.com/traffic-accident-blog/suv-slams-into-dallas-house/ SUV Slams Into Dallas House | Car Accident Blog || The Rasansky Law Firm

    [...] CBS reports that the car was speeding as fast as 70 mph before running a red light near the intersection of Northwest Highway and Jupiter. The driver lost control and the vehicle careened into a residence along the 12400 block of Jupiter Road. The SUV overran the home’s fence, took out a tree, and plowed into the house. [...]

  • JS

    Is it true one doesn’t have to be a legal citizen to get a TX drivers liscense?

  • http://sparefoot.wordpress.com sparefoot

    Very sad. Glad no one in the house was hurt though.

  • Diane

    Their legal status is irrelevant you idiot!
    They should pay what for what they did no matter what.

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