Texas woman killed, New York truck driver charged with manslaughter in Mesquite I-30 crash

The Brief

  • A 33-year-old Garland woman was killed in an early Friday morning crash involving an SUV and a tractor-trailer on Interstate 30 in Mesquite.
  • Police arrested the truck driver, 39-year-old Khasan Begbaev of Brooklyn, New York, and charged him with manslaughter.
  • The Mesquite Police Department Traffic Unit is continuing to investigate the cause of the collision.

MESQUITE, Texas A Garland woman was killed and a New York truck driver has been charged with manslaughter following an early Friday morning crash on Interstate 30 in Mesquite, authorities said.

Fatal I-30 crash

What we know:

Officers responded at 3:16 a.m. Sept. 4 to a two-vehicle crash in the 1700 block of Interstate 30, according to the Mesquite Police Department.

Investigators determined that a Chevrolet Equinox SUV crashed with a Freightliner tractor-trailer towing a 53-foot trailer on the transition ramp from westbound Interstate 30 to northbound Interstate 635.

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