El Paso is mourning yet another road casualty, as the city encounters its second traffic fatality of the new year, matching the count from the same period in 2024. The Special Traffic Investigations unit has been sifting through the details of a heartrending incident that took place at the Speedway gas station on Doniphan, revealing a scenario that is all too familiar on our roads, driver inattention leading to tragedy.
On Sunday, January 5th, Alejandro Gonzalez was at the helm of a Porsche Macan, stationed by a gas pump at said gas station, meanwhile, an unnamed pedestrian was inside the business. As fate would have it, the pedestrian, having concluded their affairs within, made their way into the parking lot, crossing paths with Gonzalez’s impending motion. According to the City of El Paso, Gonzalez drove forward and failed to register the pedestrian’s presence on the tarmac with fatal consequences as the vehicle struck the pedestrian, who had just exited the storefront, and in the following moments that bled into eternity, what was a routine action ended in an irrevocable loss.
The aftermath was grave, the pedestrian was airlifted to a local hospital in efforts that, though fervent and undoubtedly filled with hope, culminated in profound sorrow. Yesterday, the pedestrians succumbed to their injuries, adding their names to the tally of lives lost on the roads of El Paso and leaving a somber mark early in 2025. The investigation identified "driver inattention on the part of Gonzalez" as the contributing factor in this tragic collision.
