FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT- FABENS, TEXAS
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / Public Information Officer
Direct: (915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:30 PM
WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (LOWER VALLEY PATROL / Special Traffic Investigators-STI)
WHAT: FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT - FABENS, TX
WHERE: 616 NW CAMP FABENS, TX 79849
WHEN: FRIDAY, August 22, 2008 6:58 AM
WHY: INVESTIGATION CONINUES
INFORMATION:
FABENS, TX- Early Friday morning 08-22-08 at approximately 6:58 AM, Sheriff's Office Dispatch received a call reference to a subject down by the side of the road at the 600 block of NW Camp in Fabens, Texas. Deputies arrived moments later and located a deceased male on the side of the roadway next to a canal. Deputies also located a motorcycle in the adjacent canal. Special Traffic Investigators-STI's were summoned to the scene.
Preliminary investigation by STI's determined the Victim was traveling on his Honda Magna motorcycle westbound at the 600 block of NW Camp approaching a sharp right hand curve in the roadway when he failed to maneuver the turn, going off the south side of the roadway. The Victim continued west on the dirt portion of the roadway and lost control of his motorcycle. The victim suffered a severe head injury in the fall. He was not wearing a helmet.
The Victim was identified as 42 year-old Rodolfo Guerra of the 12200 block of Glorietta, San Elizario, TX.
Speed appears to have been a factor. It is still unknown if alcohol was a factor, pending toxicology report / autopsy.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. NO OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
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616 NW CAMP FABENS, TX
(PHOTOS COURTESY EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF"S OFFICE)
End of News Release
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.