Four dead in El Paso freeway, railway collisions over weekend
A deadly weekend left four people dead in traffic collisions on El Paso’s highways and railways.
The rash of deaths started during the Friday evening commute when a motorcyclist was run over by a semitruck in a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 10 East near Lee Trevino Drive on the East Side, police said.
The crash occurred about 5:15 p.m. when traffic came to a stop on the congested highway, El Paso police said.
A Dodge Charger came to an abrupt stop and was rear-ended by Hyundai Elantra. A BMW R 11 motorcycle then ran into the back of a Nissan Rouge causing the motorcyclist to be thrown into the next lane where he was run over by atractor-trailer.
The motorcyclist, identified as 67-year-old Stephen Hoeller of Horizon City, was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Two killed in fiery freeway crash
Two men died in a fiery high-speed crash early Saturday on I-10 East near Lomaland Drive in the East Side, police said.
About 2:20 a.m., the driver and passenger were in a 2007 Subaru Impreza traveling at an "excessive speed" when the driver lost control and crashed into trees and other objects on the side of the highway causing the car to burst into flames, police said.
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Both men died at the scene and have yet to be formally identified. The case is under investigation by the Special Traffic Investigations Unit.
There have been 42 traffic-related deaths in El Paso this year compared with 34 at this time last year, the Police Department said Sunday.
Pedestrians injured, killed in separate cases
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle early Saturday on North Mesa Street in the Cincinnati Entertainment District in Kern Place. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Details in the collision have yet to be released.
In a separate incident, a pedestrian died after being struck by a train Saturday afternoon in the Bataan Memorial Trainway near El Paso Street and Franklin Avenue, police said. A reason why the person may have been in the Downtown railroad tunnel has not been disclosed. The person's name has not been released.
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