On April 12, 2025, the El Paso Special Traffic Investigations Unit responded to a crash involving a scooter and a vehicle at the intersection of Piedras Street and Tularosa Avenue.
The investigation revealed that 32-year-old Samuel Bryan Ponce was driving his scooter southbound on Piedras approaching Tularosa. At the same time, 18-year-old Carlos Manuel Rivera was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Malibu northbound on Piedras and entered the mandatory left turn lane to go east on Tularosa. However, Rivera continued northbound and struck Ponce’s scooter.
Rivera then fled the scene northbound on Piedras. Ponce was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries…