A DWI Task Force made up of El Paso police officers and Texas state troopers arrested 15 people suspected of driving while intoxicated in El Paso, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
“The goal was to remove dangerous, intoxicated drivers from El Paso roads,” Texas DPS said in a news release.
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Those arrested were men and women ranging in age from 20 to 57 years old. The DWI Task Force arrested 15 people on drunken-driving related charges and issued 47 citations and 125 warnings on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 9-10, Texas DPS reported.
One of the drivers arrested was Nadean Lily Lopez , 22, who faces an intoxicated manslaughter charge after smashing her car into the back of another car stopped at a red light on southbound Dyer Street at Tetons Drive in Northeast El Paso.
Police said that John Cryan, 50, a Northeast El Paso resident, died at the scene of the crash, which occurred shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday next to Sunrise Village shopping center.