Twice-deported man allegedly on drugs kills Texas girl, 17, in crash, cops say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Britney Baez was killed in a car crash on May 27. Edy Lopez-Hernandez faces charges including murder. (Houston Police Department, GoFundMe)
A man who had been deported twice is behind bars after crashing his vehicle into another car while on drugs, killing a Texas teenager who was on her way to the movies with her family.
Edy Lopez-Hernandez, 27, was charged with “murder, intoxication assault and failure to stop and render aid in connection with the crash” after he crashed into the vehicle carrying 17-year-old Britney Baez and her family on Saturday.
Houston Police Department said Lopez-Hernandez fled the scene of the crash with his 2-year-old son, who was in the car. A witness stopped Lopez-Hernandez and told him to return to the crash scene, KTRK reported.
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Baez’s sister, Nicole Baez, told KTRK that she was in the backseat with her sister when a car slammed into the rear of the vehicle they were traveling in.
"We were on the way and we just stopped at that light," Nicole Baez recalled.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I just remember sitting down on the sidewalk, my mom was still screaming my sister's name. I can hear my dad asking for water. I could sort of see people around me, that's when my arm started killing me," she continued.
Edy Lopez-Hernandez was charged in connection with the crash. (Houston Police Department)
Their father was critically injured in the collision and was in a hospital’s intensive care unit.
Police said Lopez-Hernandez was detained and transported to a hospital once he returned to the scene of the crash. At the hospital investigators determined he was “under the influence of narcotics.” His toddler son was also taken to a hospital for treatment.
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A law enforcement told KTRK that Lopez-Hernandez appeared to be driving at 70 mph at the time of the crash. Records showed the he had been deported two times.
A law enforcement told KTRK that Lopez-Hernandez appeared to be driving at 70 mph at the time of the crash. Records showed the he had been deported two times.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Baez’s family has set up a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral costs.
"We're going to always think of you and you're going to always be in our hearts," Baez’s cousin, Nancy Gomez, told KTRK.