Teenage drunk driver kills family of 5 in Fort Worth fiery crash, police say

THE NEWS LEADER, FOX FOUR. AND WE BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH THE CRASH EARLY THIS MORNING IN FORT WORTH. THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF TWO CHILDREN AND THREE ADULTS. HELLO EVERYBODY. I'M HEATHER HAYES, AND I'M STEVE YEAGER. 19 YEAR OLD SUSPECT CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. POLICE SAY EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE SUPPORTS THOSE CHARGES. FOX FOUR'S DIONNE ANGLIN IS IN FORT WORTH THIS EVENING WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. DION THERE. STEVE. THE FATAL CRASH CLAIMED FIVE LIVES AND POLICE STRONGLY SUSPECT, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT IT IS. IT WAS AT THE HANDS OF A TEENAGE DRUNK DRIVER. INVESTIGATORS SAY 19 YEAR OLD EDUARDO GONZALEZ IS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER AND DWI. POLICE SAY HE WAS DRIVING A BLACK CAMARO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 35 W NEAR SEMINARY DRIVE. THE SCENE AFTERMATH DESCRIBED AS HORRIFIC. INITIAL DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A BLACK CAMARO THAT APPARENTLY WAS TRAVELING AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, REAR ENDED ANOTHER SEDAN. THE SEDAN THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE AND FIVE VICTIMS WERE PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON SCENE. THREE ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN ARE DEAD. POLICE SAY GONZALEZ WAS INJURED, BUT HIS INJURIES ARE NOT. LIFE THREATENING. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED, THEN BOOKED INTO JAIL. OFFICERS ARE SAID TO HAVE OBSERVED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT GONZALEZ WAS DRUNK. ALCOHOL ITEMS IN THE CAR, YOU KNOW, EMPTY CANS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, PLUS THE ODOR, THE SMELL, SPEECH OF THE DRIVER THAT YOU KNOW, INDICATES THAT AN IMPAIRMENT WAS PRESENT. HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WILL BE DETERMINED ONCE WE HAVE RESULTS FROM THE LAB. MEANTIME POLICE SAY THE REALITY HITS HARD. FIVE LIVES LOST. THIS IS A VERY PAINFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IN A CRASH THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. ESPECIALLY WITH A SUSPECT TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN THE LEGAL DRINKING AGE. IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN DRINKING, PLEASE DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO STOP THAT PERSON FROM GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH EVERYONE'S LIFE AND IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE VICTIMS WERE CONNECTED OR RELATE

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