UPDATE: FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN HORIZON CITY, TX 03/27 (2009-00364)
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: Saturday, March 28, 2009 3: 45 PM
WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (LOWER VALLEY PATROL / SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS - STI)
WHAT: UPDATE- FATAL MOTORYCYLE ACCIDENT IN HORIZON CITY, TX
WHEN: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:28 PM
WHERE: Intersection of the 15300 block of S. Kenazo & 400 block of Lauren Horizon City, TX.
WHY: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
HORIZON CITY, TX- Friday afternoon 03-27-09 at 2:28 PM, Sheriff's Deputies along with the Horizon City Police Department were dispatched to the intersection of S. Kenazo Ave and Lauren St., Horizon City, Texas in reference to a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. Officials arrived on-scene a short time later to discover what appeared to be a single vehicle accident, involving a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle and a single male driver / occupant. The driver was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. Due to the seriousness of the injuries sustained by the driver, Sheriff’s Office Special Traffic Investigators (STI) were summoned to the scene.
Investigation of the accident by STI’s revealed the motorcycle was traveling south on S. Kenazo at a very high speed. The 2008 Suzuki GSX-R was spotted by an El Paso County Deputy Constable being driven recklessly. As the Constable tried to catch up to the motorcycle, the driver accelerated the motorcycle to a high rate of speed entering a residential area. The driver failed to maneuver around the curve and laid the motorcycle on its side at the curve. The motorcycle along with the driver, skidded on the pavement, struck the curb, and eventually impacted violently against a rock wall. The driver began to complain about his injuries at which point Life Ambulance arrived to transport him to a local hospital.
The rider was later pronounced dead at the hospital as a result of his injuries. He did not possess a drivers license nor a motorcycle endorsement.
The deceased was identified as JUAN ENRIQUE ORTEGA (18) of the 14500 block of Desierto Bello Horizon City, TX.
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
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.