step.- Three people were taken to local hospitals and a 33-year-old man was charged with evading arrest and human smuggling after a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) chase that ended in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday, the 11th. January morning. in East El Paso.
Nestor Moreno-Quesada, the Mexican national who was driving the white van, has been charged with evading arrest and human trafficking. No additional information is available at this time.
Around 5:50 a.m. Thursday, a DPS trooper was assisting the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) in Operation Lone Star (OLS) when he received information from the Border Patrol Anti-Smuggling Unit (ASU) about a white van picking up illegal immigrants. .
DPS trooper Doniphan Dr. and tried to stop the truck near N. Mesa for multiple traffic violations, but the truck driver fled after the trooper activated his emergency lights and siren.
The SUV continued traveling on Interstate 10, exited Geronimo, ignored the intersection’s traffic light and struck a black passenger car with two people inside.
Three illegal immigrants along with the driver were traveling in the vehicle. All passengers in both vehicles were treated at the scene by EMS personnel.
The driver and passenger of the SUV suffered minor injuries and were taken to University Medical Center (UMC). The driver of the black car was also taken to UMC but with serious injuries. Meanwhile, the passenger of the black car was taken to Del Sol Medical with minor injuries.
