UPDATE: Police Identify Driver Killed In I-10 Wrong-Way Crash

El Paso police have released the name of the man they believe was responsible for Sunday’s deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 10. They also believe alcohol was involved.

Investigators said the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on Interstate 10 West near the Mesa Street exit at Mile Marker 11.5

On Monday, police told ABC-7 that Jose Vasquez, 45, of Anthony, N.M. was behind the wheel of a black GMC Sierra pickup truck.

Police said Vasquez was first involved in a crash at North Desert Boulevard and Mesa. They said he then tried to get away by driving onto the nearby Mesa I-10 off ramp, entering the freeway in the wrong direction.

Investigators said Vasquez’s truck collided with another vehicle and hit a traffic sign on the ramp as he continued to drive east in the westbound lanes.

The truck then clipped a Chevrolet Malibu, causing the Malibu to spin across three lanes of traffic, police told ABC-7.

The driver and passenger in that car, 73-year-old Lois Lockwood and 5-year-old Trinity Herring, were not injured, officers said.

Investigators said Vasquez then struck a black Dodge Charger head-on, causing both vehicles to spin. A red Honda Accord then collided with the still-spinning truck and came to rest in the left lane of I-10 West. The pickup also hit a red Volkswagen Cabriolet, according to officers.

Police said the driver of the Accord, 57-year-old Michael Kolstad, was taken to Las Palmas Medical Center. The driver and passenger in the Cabriolet, 29-year-old Michael Salayandia and 26-year-old Fabiola Salayandia, were treated at University Medical Center.

Vasquez and the driver of the Charger, 22-year-old Jose Licano-Rodriguez of Las Cruces, were both killed.

ABC-7 found Vasquez’s facebook page. His favorite quotation is listed as, “life is too short.”

Police told ABC-7 they believe Vasquez had been drinking before the incident.

For hours, traffic was directed off of I-10 West at the Sunland Park exit. A large backup of vehicles was visible from the TxDOT traffic camera system.