NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Two men were arrested after a head-on crash in New Braunfels killed a man and injured a 3-year-old child, according to the city’s police department.
Officers were dispatched around 7 p.m. Saturday in the 2500 block of FM 725 for reports of a head-on crash involving a pickup truck and a sedan.
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The driver of the sedan, a 27-year-old New Braunfels man, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 3-year-old passenger in the sedan suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a San Antonio hospital.
Police said the driver of the pickup truck, identified as Rafael Alejandro Arreguin-Ramirez, 25, of Mexico, showed signs of intoxication at the scene. He was taken to a New Braunfels hospital for a “blood search warrant” before being taken to the Guadalupe County Jail.
A passenger in the pickup truck, Alejandro Aguillen Acosta, 23, of Mexico, fled the scene on foot into a nearby neighborhood after the crash, according to police.
Officers found Acosta hiding in a garage and took him into custody without incident, police said. Acosta was taken to a local hospital as a precaution before being taken to the Guadalupe County Jail.
The New Braunfels Police Department said Arreguin-Ramirez was charged with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Acosta was charged with evading arrest or detention and criminal trespass of a habitation, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing.
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