UPDATE: 16 YEAR-OLD REMAINS IN HOSPITAL AFTER GETTING RUN OVER BY FRIEND
3850 Justice El Paso, TX 79938 
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2119
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
EMAIL: jtovar@epcounty.com
Website: EPCSO.ORG
Release Date / Time: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:55 AM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (UPPER VALLEY PATROL)
EVENT: 16 YEAR-OLD INJURED AFTER FALL FROM HOOD OF A MOVING CAR
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 7351 Bosque Canutillo, TX (Gallegos Park)
DATE / TIME: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:22 pm
RESULT: Investigation Continues
EL PASO, TX- On Wednesday night 05-26-10 at 8:22 pm, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Gallegos Memorial Park, 7351 Bosque Rd. Canutillo, TX in reference a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian. Deputies arrived & met with a 16 year-old female who was conscious but advised she had been run over. An investigation revealed that 3 female teenagers were riding on the hood of a friend’s car (1999 Chrysler Concord) when the 16 year-old fell off & was run over by the car (mid-section / upper legs area). For reasons not entirely clear, the driver of the car fled the scene prior to the Deputies arrival but returned to the scene about 45 minutes later & surrendered to authorities. The 16 year-old victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries & was transported to University Medical Center. The identity of the 16 year-old who remains in the hospital will not be released at this time.
Deputies identified the driver as 17 year-old ANGEL CORRAL of Berino, NM. Deputies initially placed him under arrest & charged CORRAL with the offense of ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY / DEATH but when they took him before the on duty Judge of MC2B for his magistrates warnings, presiding judge specified he could not sign the affidavit due to not having enough probable cause.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.