Updated: 4:13 PM CST March 5, 2021
IRVING, Texas A 23-year-old woman is facing manslaughter charges after a wrong-way head-on crash killed two people, a dog and injured one other person Friday, Irving police said.
The Irving Police Department said officers were called to the crash involving two vehicles in the 2300 block of State Highway 161.
The department said a vehicle driven by Yasmin Olvera was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes when it struck another vehicle head-on.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck, 21-year-old Joshua Budai, was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. His two passengers, 21-year-old Valentina Nerea and 19-year-old Esmeralda Rauda, and a dog were all pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
2 women, dog killed, man critically injured in Irving wrong-way crash with DWI suspect
The wrong-way driver is expected to face multiple charges, police said.
File photo.(Staff)
Two people are dead and another is critically injured after their car was struck head-on early Friday by a wrong-way driver who Irving police said they suspect was intoxicated.
Police said the crash took place about 2:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of State Highway 161, when a vehicle traveling north in the southbound lanes struck the victims’ car.
Two passengers in the car 21-year-old Valentina Nerea and 19-year-old Esmeralda Rauda were pronounced dead at the scene. The 21-year-old man driving the car was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital in critical condition.