Houston police say that early Tuesday morning around 7 an officer spotted 18-year-old Dalia Iris Alfaro driving a silver-gray Dodge pickup truck in a suspicious manner. The officer pursued and Alfaro ran through red lights during rush hour traffic until she crashed into a car at Kirkwood and Westheimer. Our Houston wrongful death attorneys report that when the officer got out of his vehicle to approach the stopped Dodge pickup truck, Dalia Iris Alfaro drove away again on Westheimer.

The officer pursued. Alfaro then reportedly ran another red light at Eldridge Parkway and smashed into multiple vehicles. The Dodge pickup sideswiped a Mazda, then crashed into the driver’s side of a Chevy Impala, killing the driver, Natividad Alanis, before finally colliding head-on with a cement truck. Mr. Alanis, a beloved family man, had been on his way to work at the time of the fatal crash.

Alfaro was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Several people in the vehicles she struck also had minor injuries. Natividad Alanis, the driver of the Chevy Impala Alfaro hit, died at the scene. (Sources: Dale Lezon, Houston Chronicle; and Adela Uchida, KTRK ABC 13, 8/6/13)

Authorities closed down the roadway for about 4 hours to investigate the accident and clear the scene. Police say Alfaro showed signs of being impaired. A blood draw was taken at the hospital to test for impairment.

The Houston wrongful death attorneys at Denena Points, PC convey their sincere sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of Mr. Alanis. We wish the injured victims of Alfaro’s crashes safe and rapid recoveries from their injuries.

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