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Tessa Butler, 27, killed, Roger Bryant, 49, seriously injured after their car collides head-on with a pickup on Sherman Road near Denton, Texas
Modified Date:
Fri, 05/29/2015 - 4:55pmAccident Date:
Sunday, March 23, 2014Denton Crash Victims Identified.
Denton Police on Monday released the names of the people involved in a head-on crash that left one person dead and two others critically hurt.
Denton Police on Monday released the names of the people involved in a head-on crash that left one person dead and two others critically hurt.
The deceased was identified as 27-year-old Tessa Butler from Aubrey. She was killed when the Mazda in which she was a passenger was struck by a pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Hector Soto from Garland. The driver of the Mazda, Roger Bryant, age 49, from Denton remains hospitalized at Medical Center of Plano.
Soto – who is also hospitalized at the same Plano hospital – will be charged with intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault, said a Denton Police spokesman.
According to police, the pickup truck was heading southbound along Sherman Road late Monday night when the driver started to move around traffic in a passing zone. The truck hit the small Mazda head on.
The truck wound up on top of a pole-fence and burst into flames. Soto was able to get out before the truck caught fire, police said.
Type: Car Accident
People Involved:
Tessa Butler
Roger Bryant
Hector Soto
Roadway:
Sherman RoadCity:
Denton, TXCounty:
Denton County, TXArea:
Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
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