2017-03-10

Pair arrested for intoxication manslaughter following fatal crash | KVII

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A 40-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash early Friday morning.The wreck happened around 2 a.m. when a white Mitsubishi that had been eastbound on 6th Avenue collided with a black 2002 Dodge Dakota that had been northbound on South Adams Str

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — A 40-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash early Friday morning.

The wreck happened around 2 a.m. when a white Mitsubishi that had been eastbound on 6th Avenue collided with a black 2002 Dodge Dakota that had been northbound on South Adams Street.

According to Amarillo police, one of the vehicle ran the red light and the front of the pickup struck the passenger side of the Mitsubishi. The front passenger in the Mitsubishi, 40-year-old Joseph Marricle, from Wolfforth, died at the scene.

Justice of the Peace Gary Jackson has ordered an autopsy for Marricle.

The driver of the Mitsubishi, 29-year-old Arturo Hernandez, and the driver of the pickup, 46-year-old Richard Britten, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Both drivers had signs of intoxication, so officers arrested them. They were booked into the Potter County Jail on a charge of Intoxication Manslaughter with a Vehicle.

APD's Traffic Investigations Unit is investigating the crash.