DEPUTIES WORK 2 SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OVERNIGHT
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: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:10 AM
WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (UPPER VALLEY PATROL / SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS-STI)
WHAT: DEPUTIES WORK 2 ACCIDENTS OVERNIGHT
WHEN: Thursday, March 26, 2009
WHERE: EL PASO COUNTY, TX (UPPER VALLEY)
WHY: INVESTIGATIONS IN 2 SEPARATE CRASHES CONTINUE
ACCIDENT NO. 1
CANUTILLO, TX- Thursday night 03-26-2009 at approximately 7:55 PM, Deputies were dispatched to the intersection of N. Strahan & Moore, Canutillo, TX 79835 in reference to a motor vehicle accident w/ injuries. Deputies arrived to find a White 1989 Pontiac 2-door wrapped around a Electric Pole. Deputies also located a 16 year-old male passenger was unable to exit vehicle partially trapped inside the vehicle. The 19 year-old driver was found lying on the ground in front of his vehicle.
Life Ambulance arrived to the scene a few minutes later & began tending to the injured. Both were transported to Thomason Hospital. Special Traffic Investigators (STI’s) were summoned to the scene
An Investigation by STI’s determined that the1989 Pontiac Firebird driven by 19 year-old Ariosto Espinoza of Canutillo, TX was traveling north on Strahan at a high rate of speed. As the driver approached the curves on the roadway, he failed to control his speed and was unable to steer through the curves. The vehicle slid off the roadway and struck an electric pole with its passenger door.
STI’s ARE CONTINUING WITH THE INVESTIGATION AS CHARGES ARE PENDING.
SPEED APPEARS TO BE THE FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT / ALCOHOL DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ACCIDENT.
NO OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME
ACCIDENT NO. 2
WESTWAY, TX- Early Friday morning 03-27-09 at 1:18 AM, Deputies were dispatched to the Westway Exit on I-10 west (Mile Marker 2) in reference to a motor vehicle accident roll-over. Deputies arrived to find the driver (sole occupant) trapped inside a Gray 2007 Nissan Sentra which came to rest on its roof. West Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. worked nearly 30 minutes to free her from the wreckage using the mechanical “Jaws of Life.”
Although the vehicle had extensive all-around damage, the driver identified as Flora Delia Rojas (33) 6600 block of Alto Rey, El Paso, TX was transported to Thomason Hospital with apparent minor injuries.
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
SPPED ALSO APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT
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.