UPDATE: ROLL-OVER NEAR FABENS, TX ON I-10 WEST MILE MARKER 50
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, TX 
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Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Release Date / Time: MONDAY, June 1, 2009 2:45 PM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office – LOWER VALLEY PATROL / Special Traffic Investigator’s (STI)
EVENT: UPDATE- ROLL-OVER NEAR FABENS, TX MILEMARKER 50
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: I-10 WEST Mile Marker 50 Fabens, TX
DATE / TIME: Sunday, 05-31-09 7:11 PM
RESULT: ACCIDENT / SEVERAL EJECTED
FABENS, TX– Late Sunday afternoon 05-31-09, at approximately 7:11 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to I-10 East mile marker 50 in reference to a single motor vehicle accident rollover. Deputies arrived moments later to find a 2001 Ford Windstar Van with extensive damage. Deputies determined the vehicle had 6 occupants, 3 of the occupants were ejected (2 children ages 9 & 11 / 1 17 year-old male). All other occupants were not ejected.
The 17 year-old male who was ejected sustained serious head injuries. The other 2 occupants that were ejected did not sustain life threatening injuries. All occupants were transported to R.E. Thomason Hospital for evaluation & treatment.
Due to the severity of the accident, Special Traffic Investigators were summoned to the scene. STI’s determined the 2001 Ford Windstar van driven by a 43 year-old female was traveling westbound on I-10 on the left lane at Mile Marker 50 when she lost control. The van veered to the right lane, the driver overcorrected to the left, continuing to travel south west, crossed the left shoulder and drove onto the center median where it went airborne, made two complete rolls and came to rest facing south, upright, on the two eastbound lanes. During the roll-over, three passengers were ejected. Interstate 10 eastbound lanes were closed down for several hours. All are from Northeast El Paso, TX.
The driver was identified as 43 year-old Blanca Estela Soto
Passengers were identified as:
Raymond Soto (5)
Leonor Enriquez Felix (43)
Jessica Felix (9) –ejected
Angel Felix (11) -ejected
Leonardo Felix (17) – ejected – Remains in critical condition at Thomason Hospital
NO OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED AT THIS TIME.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
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.