Report Showed Fatal Wreck Caused by Drunk Driver

EAST TEXAS — Dallas County toxicology officials reported that Krystle Carranza, 27, Lindale, had a blood alcohol content of .21 when she was involved in a five-person fatal wreck May 30 near Mesquite. Carranza’s three daughters, 10-month old Aleah, 3-year-old Delaney and 5-year-old Nevaeh, as well as Fred Hammett Jr., 70, of Ramona, Calif. were killed in the wreck. Law enforcement officers reported Carranza was driving her pickup toward oncoming traffic on Interstate 20 when she collided with an SUV driven by Hammett. Carranza was visiting her husband in Dallas, relatives said.

According to records obtained from the Wood County Sheriff’s Department, Carranza had been arrested three times, and had been arrested for driving while intoxicated on April 27, 2006.