Driver arrested 5 years after crash killing 20-year-old passenger

A Loxahatchee man was arrested this week on charges stemming from a 2021 crash that killed his passenger after he fled the scene, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office records.

Emanuel Carrio, 26, is charged with driving without a license causing death and leaving a crash scene causing death in connection with the April 10, 2021 incident on State Road 80 near C Road in Loxahatchee.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Carrio, who was 20 at the time, was driving westbound on State Road 80 at approximately 2 a.m. when he told police he reached for his cell phone and lost control of the vehicle. He ended up swerving his truck and overturned onto its roof…

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