Houston Hit-and-Run Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter

HOUSTON, Texas – A 39-year-old Houston hit-and-run suspect faces charges of intoxication manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid after a man died in a crash early Sunday on North Highway 6, Houston police said.

Police said 39-year-old Jorge Alberto Zuniga is charged in the 263rd Criminal District Court. The crash happened about 4:25 a.m. on November 8 at 1401 North Highway 6.

What police say happened

According to investigators with the Vehicular Crimes Division, a gray Cadillac XT5 was disabled and stopped along the side of the roadway. Its driver was standing outside the vehicle.

A red Ford F150 struck the Cadillac, police said. The impact set off a chain reaction that fatally injured the Cadillac’s driver. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene…

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