Driver Charged With Intoxication Manslaughter After Fatal Houston Crash

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston police have charged a driver with intoxication manslaughter following a single-vehicle crash that killed a passenger early Sunday morning.

According to the Houston Police Department, the crash occurred at approximately 4 a.m. on June 28 in the 7000 block of Hollister Street near West Little York Road.

Investigators said a gray Toyota Tundra was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed when the driver struck a raised concrete sidewalk, lost control, and crashed into a metal fence.

The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim’s identity is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

The driver, identified as 50-year-old Pablo Maravilla, was transported by Houston Fire Department paramedics to a local hospital in critical condition.

Houston police said Maravilla has since been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the 180th State District Court. He remains hospitalized.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.