HOUSTON – A man arrested in a fatal crash which happened early Friday morning was determined to be intoxicated at the time of the crash, Houston police said.
Eduardo Umana Cordona, 25, is charged with intoxication manslaughter.
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The crash happened around 1:40 a.m. Friday in the 800 block of the Southwest Freeway.
According to police, Umana Cordona was driving a red Kia Sorrento the wrong way (eastbound) on the freeway when the vehicle collided head-on with a Harley-Davidson motorcycle traveling westbound. The impact caused a fire.
Paramedics arrived and pronounced the 42-year-old motorcyclist dead.
Umana Cordona and a male passenger, 25, were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
During the investigation, police determined Umana Cordona to be intoxicated. He was treated at this hospital and then taken to jail.