WTF - Dude drove nearly 40 miles with partial remains of a pedestrian that he hit sitting next to him in the front seat.
(CNN) - Officials say the discovery of a hit-and-run victim’s body inside a passed-out driver’s car is a reminder not to drive while impaired.
Police in White Settlement, Texas, said they believe the vehicle hit the victim approximately 40 miles away near Dallas on Saturday night.
Investigators said they think the impact was so powerful, it threw the body into the front passenger seat of the vehicle.
The driver was identified by police as 31-year-old Nestor Lujan Flores of Arlington.
According to the department, Flores claims he thought he hit a deer despite the human body that ended up next to him.
A welfare check is what led police to the discovery of the body and slumped-over driver in a White Settlement restaurant parking lot.
Flores was taken into custody on a charge of intoxication manslaughter, according to police.
The victim has not been identified, but officials say they have likely found the scene of the original hit-and-run in Dallas County, where human remains were located in the roadway.
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***NEWS RELEASE UPDATE***Death Investigation Update on Pedestrian Struck and Killed
The White Settlement Police Department worked overnight with other law enforcement agencies to identify the crash location (see previous Facebook post for the initial call details). Around 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023, the department was notified by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office of a crash on the westbound service road of Interstate Highway 30 near Cockrell Hill Road. According to Dallas County Sheriff’s Office investigators, human remains were located near the roadway that may possibly match the victim’s body that was recovered from inside the vehicle in the restaurant parking lot. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office will work with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office to make proper identification of the decedent.
Based upon this new information, the White Settlement Police Department will be transitioning the criminal case to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office for referral and prosecution in Dallas County. This is due to the belief that the crash occurred in the City of Dallas on the service road. WSPD Investigators believe the suspect continued driving approximately 38 miles from the initial pedestrian/crash scene in Dallas to the restaurant parking lot in White Settlement.
The department seized the vehicle and will turn over all evidence to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. A blood search warrant was obtained, and test results are pending. The 31-year-old suspect, Nestor Joel Lujan Flores, remains in the custody of the White Settlement Jail on a pending charge of Intoxication Manslaughter. He was previously arrested in 2020 by the Plano Police Department for Driving While Intoxicated and convicted in 2021 in Collin County for the same charge.
(CNN) - Officials say the discovery of a hit-and-run victim’s body inside a passed-out driver’s car is a reminder not to drive while impaired.
Police in White Settlement, Texas, said they believe the vehicle hit the victim approximately 40 miles away near Dallas on Saturday night.
Investigators said they think the impact was so powerful, it threw the body into the front passenger seat of the vehicle.
The driver was identified by police as 31-year-old Nestor Lujan Flores of Arlington.
According to the department, Flores claims he thought he hit a deer despite the human body that ended up next to him.
A welfare check is what led police to the discovery of the body and slumped-over driver in a White Settlement restaurant parking lot.
Flores was taken into custody on a charge of intoxication manslaughter, according to police.
The victim has not been identified, but officials say they have likely found the scene of the original hit-and-run in Dallas County, where human remains were located in the roadway.
Body of victim from hit-and-run found in car with passed-out suspect, police say
Investigators said they think the impact was so powerful, it threw the body into the vehicle.
White Settlement Police Department
3d ·***NEWS RELEASE UPDATE***Death Investigation Update on Pedestrian Struck and Killed
The White Settlement Police Department worked overnight with other law enforcement agencies to identify the crash location (see previous Facebook post for the initial call details). Around 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 17, 2023, the department was notified by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office of a crash on the westbound service road of Interstate Highway 30 near Cockrell Hill Road. According to Dallas County Sheriff’s Office investigators, human remains were located near the roadway that may possibly match the victim’s body that was recovered from inside the vehicle in the restaurant parking lot. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office will work with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office to make proper identification of the decedent.
Based upon this new information, the White Settlement Police Department will be transitioning the criminal case to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office for referral and prosecution in Dallas County. This is due to the belief that the crash occurred in the City of Dallas on the service road. WSPD Investigators believe the suspect continued driving approximately 38 miles from the initial pedestrian/crash scene in Dallas to the restaurant parking lot in White Settlement.
The department seized the vehicle and will turn over all evidence to the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office. A blood search warrant was obtained, and test results are pending. The 31-year-old suspect, Nestor Joel Lujan Flores, remains in the custody of the White Settlement Jail on a pending charge of Intoxication Manslaughter. He was previously arrested in 2020 by the Plano Police Department for Driving While Intoxicated and convicted in 2021 in Collin County for the same charge.
