Driver killed by drunk driver in Dodge Charger on Highway 6

One person was killed and several others injured in a rear-end collision caused by a driver authorities say was heavily intoxicated.  A red-colored Dodge Charger with black rims was reportedly speeding down Highway 6 when the Charger rear-ended a red colored pickup truck. The red pickup was pushed forward into the path of an oncoming truck, resulting in a head-on crash between those two vehicles. The driver of the red pickup truck died at the scene. The driver of the other pickup truck was rushed to hospital in serious but stable condition: the driver's wife and two-year old daughter were also in the truck but reportedly were not injured. After the accident the driver in the Charger fled the scene on foot and was found face down, asleep, in the front yard of a nearby residence at the Copperfield subdivision. Due to the Charger driver's high level of intoxication, he was taken to a nearby hospital.  The accident happened at Highway 6 near Cherry Creek.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office has accepted a charge of intoxication manslaughter against the Charger driver. Court records show that 22-year old Aaron Jaques from Cypress, TX was charged in Harris County on June 16th with one count of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault.  His bond has been set at $30,000 for each offense.

Update 1: the driver of the Charger has been identified by the Houston Chronicle as Aaron Jaques. The pickup Jaques' Charger rear-ended was a 2001 model Chevrolet 2500 driven by Don Johanson. When the Johanson pickup was rear-ended it was pushed into the path of a 2010 Dodge Ram, driven by Saul Grimaldo, whose passengers were his wife and child, Miriam and Homero Grimaldo.

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