A U.S. Army soldier in Texas has been charged for a crash that killed an engaged couple, with cops alleging he got drunk at a gender reveal and then tried to drive — while still wearing a baby blue wristband from the party and reeking of alcohol, according to his arrest affidavit.
Dalia Olivas, 28, and her fiance, Rick Ballard, 29, were driving in El Paso on Nov. 2 when the crash unfolded around 11:37 p.m., according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office .
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The couple, along with suspect Juan Francisco Del Valle Ferrer — who was allegedly wearing the baby blue wristband from the gender reveal when cops made contact with him at the scene — was driving near the intersection of Rojas and Eastlake in the West Texas city when Del Valle Ferrer slammed into them with his Honda HR-V, causing Olivas and Ballard’s Mercedes to spin and crash into a light pole, per the sheriff’s office.
Del Valle Ferrer’s arrest affidavit, which was first obtained and reported by the local Fox affiliate KFOX , outlines how Ballard died at the scene after being ejected from the Mercedes, causing his right leg to be severed and stuck inside the car. Olivas died at a local hospital.