UPDATE: VICTIM OF CANUTILLO, TX FATAL ACCIDENT IDENTIFIED
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Monday, February 16, 2009 9:30 AM
WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (UPPER VALLEY PATROL / SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS- STI)
WHAT: 1st FATAL ACCIDENT OF 2009 IN CANUTILLO,TX
WHEN: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2009 1:53 AM
WHERE: 7600 block of Bosque Canutillo, TX (near intersection of Bosque & Campos)
WHY: FATAL ACCIDENT
CANUTILLO, TEXAS- Early Sunday morning 02-15-09 at about 1:53AM, Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to 7600 Bosque / N. Campos Rd, Canutillo, TX in reference to a Motor Vehicle Accident with injuries. Deputies arrived moments later to find a Blue 1973 2-door Volkswagen car with extensive front end damage. Deputies found a 22 year-old female driver (sole occupant) inside the vehicle with no signs of life. Special Traffic Investigator's (STI’s) were summoned to the scene.
Further investigation revealed the Volkswagen was traveling northbound on Bosque when suddenly for an unknown reason, the vehicle veered off the roadway & struck a Utility Pole. The 22 year-old female driver from the Westside of El Paso, TX died at the scene.
Bosque Rd. was closed for several hours as STI’s worked the scene.
UPDATE 02-16-09: Further Investigation by Sheriff’s Office STI’s revealed the 22 year-old Victim was not wearing a seatbelt prior to the impact with the Utility Pole. The Victim was identified as Christina Hinojosa (22) of the 1000 block Esplanada Cir. El Paso, TX. An Autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday 02/17.
NO OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
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.