Deadly Eastside Vehicle Accident, Early Saturday
EL PASO, TX. – Investigators with the Special Traffic Investigations unit (STI) have identified the man who died in an early Saturday morning traffic collision as 51 yr-old Francisco Baca of El Paso.
STI investigators originally believed the decedent was a resident of California. However, through their ongoing investigation, investigators learned he had recently moved to El Paso.
Officers from the Mission Valley Regional Command Center responded to a vehicle collision at 9100 Gateway East at 3:53 a.m. Saturday morning. Officers arrived and called for Special Traffic Investigations (S.T.I.) to assist.
STI investigators determined that Baca, driving a 2000 Ford Ranger pickup was east bound on Gateway East when the operator lost control of the vehicle at the on-ramp to I-10 East. The operator and vehicle drove onto the median separating the onramp from Gateway East.
The vehicle rolled over and Bacawas ejected. Helater died at the scene from his injuries. Speed and failure to wear a seatbelt are factors in this collision.
