Newly released video shows the moment a Good Samaritan ran after a fleeing drunk driver who fatally struck a Texas detective, pinning him down while yelling “you killed somebody!”
The footage sheds new light on the November 27, 2021 drunk driving crash that killed Euless Police Department Detective Alejandro “Alex” Cervantes.
In the accident, Dylan Molina, then 26, was driving a Jeep Wrangler with a blood alcohol concentration twice the legal limit, according to the Lake Worth Police Department, which investigated the crash.
He ran a red light and struck a Chevy Impala in the 4200 block of Boat Club Road. Cervantes was behind the wheel of the Chevy with his wife and two young children inside, police said.
Cervantes was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was hospitalized with critical life-threatening injuries, along with his two children suffering serious injuries, authorities said.
The new video footage released by Lake Worth police shows the moment Molina is standing besides the wreckage of his car, seen standing with his hands over his head.
He suddenly turns around and starts to run away from the crash site when a man in a gray shirt runs after him.
Molina fell as he made his getaway and the bystander caught up with him and pinned him to the ground.
“Think you’re going to f—— leave? You f——- killed someone!” the bystander yells at Molina. “You killed somebody! You stay right there.”
Molina was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter and three counts of intoxication assault.
On Jan. 30, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cervantes’ death, 10 years for the injuries inflicted on Cervantes’ wife and children, as well as 6 months for a previously unknown DWI, all to be served concurrently, officials said.
After the sentencing, Cervantes’ 13-year-old son Joshua spoke to Molina before the court.
“You affected my life pretty bad because I no longer have a dad to go home to,” he said, according to a…
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