EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two people were killed and three others hurt in a double rollover crash early Thursday morning, April 3, in Northeast El Paso, El Paso Police said.
The crash happened just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday along the 8300 block of Gateway North.
Police said two vehicles — a Dodge Ram pickup and a Toyota Avalon — were traveling north along Gateway North at a “high rate of speed” when both vehicles lost control “for unknown reasons,” police said.
The Dodge Ram hit a curb, went off the road and rolled, police said.
At about the same time, the Toyota Avalon hit a curb, collided with an electrical pole, rolled over and hit a large tree, police said.
Two people in the Avalon died at the scene — 22-year-old Ricardo Acosta and an unidentified woman in her 20s. Police are still working to identify the second person who died, they said.
The driver of the Avalon and both occupants of the Dodge Ram were hurt and transported to a local hospital for treatment.
None of the people in the Toyota Avalon were wearing seat belts, police said.
Police said that speed and alcohol may have been contributing factors in the crash.
These are the 18th and 19th traffic fatalities in the City limits this year, compared to 14 at the same time last year.
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