ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — UPDATE: 61-year-old Martin Salas-Gallegos of Odessa has been arrested following the crash on Sept. 8.
Salas-Gallegos was treated and released from MCH where he would later be taken into custody on Intoxication Manslaughter with a Vehicle charges. As of September 11, Salas-Gallegos has been released from Ector County Jail.
Salas-Gallegos was driving the Chevrolet Silverado that veered into the opposite lane on W. 16th Street and hit Ismael Martinez's vehicle.
We will continue to update this story as we receive more information.
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One person has been killed in a crash in Ector County on Sept. 8.
57-year-old Ismael Martinez of Odessa was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. One of the other drivers involved in the crash was treated and released from MCH in Odessa, while the third driver involved was not injured at all.
The initial investigation revealed that a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado was traveling westbound on W. 16th Street, while Martinez, driving a 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle, was traveling eastbound on W. 16th Street. The Chevrolet Silverado then veered into the eastbound lane and hit Martinez. Another vehicle, a 2006 Chrysler 300, was also traveling eastbound on W. 16th Street when the vehicle hit the Martinez who was lying in the roadway.
We will continue to update this story as we receive more information, and the investigation is still ongoing.