NM man arrested for intoxicated manslaughter in El Paso teen’s death

A New Mexico man was arrested on an intoxicated manslaughter charge in connection with a fatal wreck that killed an 18-year-old El Paso girl, authorities said.

Abel Garcia, 48, of Chaparral, New Mexico, turned himself into El Paso Police Department officers on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in connection with a fatal crash that killed Angelique Diaz De Leon on Jan. 1, El Paso Police Department spokesman Officer Adrian Cisneros said in a news release.

The fatal crash occurred on Gateway North Boulevard and Sean Haggerty Drive in the Northeast El Paso…

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