UPDATE: COLLISION IN FABENS RESULTS IN DEATH OF 21 YEAR-OLD WOMAN
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: Thursday, MAY 7, 2009 9:50 AM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office – LOWER VALLEY PATROL / SPECIAL TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS (STI)
EVENT: TRAFFIC FATAL UPDATE
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 3850 S. Carlsbad Rd. / Fabens Rd. Fabens, TX
DATE / TIME: Wednesday May 6, 2009 4:30 PM
RESULT: VICTIM IDENTIFIED
FABENS, TX- Wednesday afternoon 05-06-09 at about 4:30 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the area of the 3550 S. Fabens / Carlsbad Rd. in reference to a 2 vehicle accident with serious injuries. Sheriff’s Deputies arrived minutes later to find a blue 2000 GMC Sierra pick-up truck & a green 2001 Ford Focus with extensive damage. Both vehicles were driven by females (sole occupants). Due to the seriousness of the injuries, Special Traffic Investigators (STI’s)were summoned to the scene.
Preliminary investigation by STI’s determined the green Ford Focus driven by a 21 year-old female was traveling north on S. Carlsbad Rd. as the blue GMC pickup driven by a 19 year-old female was traveling south. For unknown reasons, the driver of the green focus veered left onto the southbound lane colliding with the pickup truck. Both drivers were transported to University Hospital with life threatening injuries.
Late Wednesday night, the 21 year-old driver of the green focus was pronounced dead at University Hospital due to her injuries.
The deceased was identified as Priscilla Lopez (21) of San Elizario, TX.
The driver of the GMC pick-up was identified as Susana Gonzalez-Amaya (18) of Fabens, TX. She remains at University hospital in stable condition.
AT THIS TIME ALCOHOL OR SPEED ARE NOT FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT.
THIS FATAL ACCIDENT MARKS THE 5TH FATALITY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS IN 2009.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
NO OTHER INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED AT THIS TIME
(PHOTOS OF ACCIDENT BELOW : COURTESY EPCSO)
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.