Driver killed in red-light collision with a tanker truck in Northeast El Paso

A driver was killed when he allegedly ran a red light and collided with a tanker truck Sunday morning at a Northeast El Paso traffic intersection, police said.

Manuel Alejandro Gonzalez, 34, of Chaparral, New Mexico, died from his injuries in the wreck, which occurred at 5:22 a.m. on Gateway North Boulevard at Kenworthy Street near the North Hills area, police said.

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A semitruck with a tanker was on Gateway North making a left turn onto Kenworthy when a red 2019 Ford Raptor driven by Gonzalez heading southeast on Kenworthy entered the intersection, police said.

"The Ford Raptor was traveling at a high rate of speed and entered the intersection on a red light and collided into the tanker," a police news release stated.

Gonzalez died from his injuries. His passenger, Melissa Tristan, 36, of Socorro, was also injured in the collision, police said. The tanker truck driver, Esteban Rios, 51, of El Paso, was not injured.

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The fatal wreck was investigated by the Special Traffic Investigations Unit, police said. Investigators noted that speed and a red-light violation were factors in the collision.

This was the 46th traffic-related death on El Paso's streets and highways this year compared with 44 at this time last year, according to Police Department statistics.

This article originally appeared on El Paso Times: Driver killed in tanker truck crash at Northeast El Paso intersection