Thursday, July 30, 2009

Teen Killed in Fort Worth Car Wreck - Racing an Issue

FORT WORTH — A teen was killed early Thursday, another young man was in critical condition and a third fled the scene of a traffic accident after their Mustang crashed into a utility pole while racing, police said Thursday.

The other car took off after the crash, traveling on the wrong side of the roadway, police said.

The teen was identified as Victor Jaquez-Flores, 17, of Fort Worth, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office. Jaquez-Flores, who was a back-seat passenger in the Mustang, was pronounced dead at the scene, the medical examiner’s office reported Thursday.

The front-seat passenger in the Mustang was in critical condition at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, police reported.

After crashing the Mustang, the driver, who may have suffered a head injury, ran away, police said..

The accident happened about 2 a.m. in the 500 block of West Long Avenue.

The red Mustang and a white four-door car were racing westbound on Long when both drivers lost control, the police report states.

The Mustang hit the pole and the white car slid across a median, police said. The crumpled Mustang came to rest on its roof.

Several alcoholic beverage containers were found in the Mustang, the report says.

Anyone with information about this accident should call Fort Worth police at 817-871-7147.

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