CCPD: Drunk driver kills 20-year-old motorcyclist, charged with intoxication manslaughter

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Corpus Christi man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after allegedly killing a motorcyclist on Sunday evening near the intersection of Nile Drive and Ennis Joslin Road, according to the Corpus Christi Police Department.

CCPD Public Information Officer Antonio Contreras told 3NEWS on Monday that Jamal Karim Baghezza failed to yield the right of way to the rider of the motorcycle, causing the accident.

20-year-old Elijah Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office. Gutierrez’s family has been notified…

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