Pedro Baires-Beltran, 36, pleaded guilty this week to drinking, then driving after using someone else to unlock an interlock device, leading to a fatal midday crash which also injured his 15-year-old nephew outside Marley Station Mall in Anne Arundel County last year, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess’ office announced.
Shortly before 1 p.m. on April 2, 2023, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to the southbound lanes of Ritchie highway near Marley Station Road in Glen Burnie to investigate a reported crash.
According to witnesses, a Toyota Tundra, driven by Baires-Beltran, drove straight through a red light and struck a 2007 Chevy Equinox that was turning left on a steady green arrow into the mall.
The crash caused the Equinox to strike a 2013 BMW, which was also heading to the mall. A passenger in the Chevy, Brandon Estuardo Deleon, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the truck was taken to the hospital, as was Baires-Beltran’s teen nephew, both of whom suffered non-life-threatening injuries.