ARLINGTON, Texas — Four months after a fatal collision involving an 18-wheeler and a sedan on Interstate 30, Arlington police arrested a truck driver after surveillance video contradicted his original statement.
On Thursday, September 25, Jose De La Luz Cadena-Marquez, 51, was arrested by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and is currently in custody in El Paso. He faces a charge of criminally negligent homicide.
The incident occurred around 2:20 a.m. on May 12 in the 2600 block of East I-30. Officers responded to reports of a major crash involving a 2023 Hyundai Elantra and the semitractor-trailer driven by Cadena-Marquez. The driver of the Elantra, 22-year-old James Gabehart, was pronounced dead at the scene…