FATAL UPDATE: VICTIM IDENTIFIED
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2119
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:35 AM
WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (LOWER VALLEY PATROL / BORDER STAR UNITS / SPECIALT TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS- STI)
WHAT: FATAL UPDATE- VICTIM IDENTIFIED
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009 at 12:45 PM
WHERE: Area near the 13000 block of Gateway West Blvd. El Paso County, TX
WHY: VICTIM IDENTIFIED
EL PASO COUNTY, TX- Saturday afternoon, Lower Valley Patrol Units, along with assisting Operation Border Star units were dispatched to the 13000 block of Gateway West Blvd in reference to an Motor Vehicle Accident rollover. Deputies arrived moments later to find a 2004 Nissan Titan with heavy rollover damage sitting facing southeast in the left lane of Gateway West. The male Driver / Victim (sole occupant) was found several feet away with no signs of life. Special Traffic Investigators were summoned to the scene.
Preliminary Investigation reveals the Nissan Titan was traveling westbound on I-10 when suddenly for unknown reasons the truck veered off the westbound lanes of I-10 rolling several times onto the Gateway. The male Driver / Victim was ejected approximately 30 feet & died at the scene.
The Deceased was identified as Ivan Miguel Flores (31) of the 12000 block of Chato Villa, El Paso, TX.
Portions of I-10 & Gateway West were closed for several hours until about 4:30 PM where all lanes were reopened for traffic.
AUTOPSY / TOXICOLOGY REPORTS ARE PENDING.
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
NO OTHE 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.