Wrong-way crash at I-35W and Garden Acres claims Saul Flores

FORT WORTH, TX – A two-vehicle collision along the interstate in south-central Fort Worth killed two people early Wednesday, reports WFAA News 8.

Shortly after 2 a.m., emergency teams responded to a wrong-way crash near I-35 West and Garden Acres Drive in the Parks of Deer Creek neighborhood.

Police say that 18-year-old Alex Perez was likely intoxicated when his southbound vehicle entered the northbound side of the interstate and crashed head-on into a northbound vehicle carrying two people.

The occupants of the northbound vehicle died at the scene of the accident. Authorities identified the victims as 44-year-old Saul Carlos Flores and 63-year-old Fructoso Cielo Tlatenchi.

Authorities arrested Perez on charges of intoxication manslaughter.

A full investigation is underway.

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