1 dead, 2 injured after car hits pedestrians on sidewalk on North Mesa Street in El Paso
A young woman was killed and two other people were injured when a car veered onto a sidewalk and struck a group of pedestrians along North Mesa Street, El Paso police said.
Diana Chagah Garcia, 21, died in an El Paso hospital following the crash late Monday night, April 14, which also injured Jose Antonio Alvarez Carillo, 19, and Zuzeth Yamileth Alvarez Carillo, 15, all are from Juárez, stated a police news release issued by Officer Adrian Cisneros.
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At 10:47 p.m. Monday, April an investigation found that two cars were heading south on the 1400 block of North Mesa Street near East Cliff Drive heading downhill toward Downtown El Paso, police said.
An unidentified dark-colored car changed lanes and hit a 2015 Audi S3, causing the Audi to veer and hit three of five pedestrians who were walking on a sidewalk, police reported. The dark-colored car fled the scene and is being sought by police.
The driver of the Audi, Brayan Rafael Burciaga, 21, of Socorro, was arrested and booked into the El Paso County Jail on a charge of possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and three traffic warrants from 2022, a jail log stated. The traffic warrants were later cleared as "time served," and he posted a $50 cash bond on the marijuana charge.
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There has been an increase in traffic-related fatalities in El Paso this year with 21 deaths this year compared with 15 at the same time in 2024, according to Police Department numbers.
Anyone with information on the sidewalk crash and the car that fled may call the police nonemergency number at 915-832-4400 or may anonymously call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 (TIPS).
Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com and @BorundaDaniel on X.
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