Man dies in East El Paso accident after rolling over, crashing into rock wall

A 19-year-old man was killed after he was allegedly speeding, struck another crash and then crashed into a rock wall and light pole in East El Paso, officials said.

Esteban Herrera was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe before noon Thursday at a high rate of speed in the 11500 block of Gateway Boulevard West near Pendale Road when he cut into another lane, El Paso Police Department officials said.

He then clipped the front of a 2003 Hyundai Elantra driven by 62-year-old Patricia Baca.

Both drivers lost control of their vehicles causing Baca to spin facing east on Gateway West.

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Herrera’s Tahoe skidded and rolled over, which caused it to collide with a rock wall and then a light pole, officials said.

Herrera died at the scene of wreck.

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