Wrong-Way Crash on I-10 Kills El Paso Man; Woman Charged with Intoxication Manslaughter

EL PASO, TX — A 25-year-old woman has been arrested after investigators say she drove the wrong way on Interstate 10 and caused a head-on collision that left another driver dead late Tuesday night.

At 10:39 p.m. on February 3, 2026, the El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigations Unit responded to a two-vehicle crash on I-10 West near mile marker 11 in the Mesa area.

Preliminary findings indicate that Britney Torres was traveling the wrong way on I-10 West in a 2017 Ford Mustang when she struck a 2009 Honda Civic head-on. The Civic was driven by 25-year-old Jesus Chico Jr., who was traveling westbound at the time of the crash…

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