1 of 5 hospitalized after head-on crash in west El Paso dies; car with border-crossers going wrong-way

UPDATE, Aug. 17: One of five people injured in Friday's head-on car crash in the 2800 block of W. Paisano has died, El Paso police said Monday.

But authorities said they are unable to identify the deceased victim as well as most of the others injured, who had apparently crossed over from Mexico moments before the now-deadly crash.

Investigators wrote in an incident report released Monday that the crash happened when one of the cars involved was "driving the wrong way, traveling east bound on the west bound lanes of Paisano."

The driver of the wrong-way car fled the scene on the foot immediately after crashing, police said. He had picked up four men after they crossed from Mexico - and those passengers "possessed what are suspected to be fraudulent Mexican documents," according to investigators.

The four passengers were taken to local hospitals, where one of them later died, police said. All remained unidentified on Monday.

The driver of the car that was struck head-on was also injured. He's a 21-year-old El Paso resident who was hospitalized, police said.

ORIGINAL REPORT, Aug. 14: EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Five people were injured in an early morning head-on collision of two cars in west El Paso, authorities said.

It happened around 4 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Paisano and Executive.

Emergency dispatchers said five people were hospitalized, with one person suffering serious injuries.

At this point it's not clear what caused the crash, but investigators think one of the vehicles may have been traveling in the wrong direction on Paisano.

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