A 19-year-old Houston man is facing potential charges of intoxication manslaughter following an early Sunday morning drunk driving crash that resulted in the death of a 4-month-old girl.
The terrible accident occured around 4 a.m. in the 700 block of Coral when the man ran a stop sign, drove up the driveway of a nearby home and smashed through a wall of the residence. He then fled the scene of the crime before police found him at his home in the 7500 block of Satsuma.
A 4-month-old baby girl was rushed to the hospital and put on life support, but died Monday. Her death will allow prosecutors to escalate charges from intoxication assault to intoxication manslaughter. They are also expected to charge him with failure to stop and render aid involving serious bodily injury. Both charges carry a maximum sentence of ten years.