Joel Rosales-Perez (Dallas County Jail)
DALLAS - A suspected drunken driver is accused of killing two people in a crash in Dallas over the weekend.
The accident happened around 5 a.m. Sunday on Military Parkway near Jim Miller Road.
Dallas police said 23-year-old Joel Rosales-Perez was driving east on Military Parkway and went off the road.
Rosales-Perez’s vehicle hit another car and two people who were standing near that car. He then crashed into a utility pole.
The two people who were hit both died at the scene.
One victim was identified as 21-year-old Lester Matute-Urquea. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office is still working to identify the second victim.
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Rosales-Perez was not seriously hurt.
According to an arrest affidavit, he admitted to police that he had six beers and a shot before getting behind the wheel of his car.
He was charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter and booked into the Dallas County jail.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.