Banja la Bertha Lazcano linadziwa zomwe zinachitikira amayi awo ndi akazi awo mpaka m'mawa wotsatira, pambuyo pa ngoziyi.
Mayi wazaka 58 wa ana anayi komanso agogo aakazi a ana awiri anali kuyendetsa galimoto kubwerera kwawo pa US 290 madzulo a pa 11 Seputembala pamene galimoto yomwe inali pafupi naye inagunda chotchinga chomangira nyumba. Galimotoyo inagunda mumlengalenga ndipo inagwera pamwamba pa galimoto ya Lazcano ya Toyota RAV4, n’kumupha nthawi yomweyo.
"Chimodzi mwa zifukwa zazikulu zomwe zinachititsa kuti pakhale mgwirizanowu chinali chakuti banjali silinadziwe kuti lataya kholo la banja lawo mpaka m'mawa kwambiri tsiku lotsatira," adatero loya wa banjali, John Ramsey. "Zimenezo zinali maola angapo kuchokera pamene [dalaivala] analoledwa kupita kunyumba kukagona pabedi lake usiku umenewo."
Woyendetsa galimotoyo anali Orlando Reyna wazaka 40, mkulu wa sukulu ya sekondale ku Madison High School ku Houston ISD, yemwe tsopano akukumana ndi mlandu wokhudza imfa yosaloledwa womwe waperekedwa ndi banja la Lazcano.
Reyna anauza apolisi usiku womwewo kuti anali kuyendetsa galimoto kubwerera kunyumba kuchokera ku Brick House Tavern mumsewu wakumanzere panthawi yomwe anafika pa chotchinga - mtundu womwe uli mkati mwa njira yotulukira yomwe magalimoto omanga okha amagwiritsa ntchito kuti akafike pamalo omangira mkati mwa msewu wapakati. Reyna anakana mayeso a Breathalyzer apolisi atafika, malinga ndi mlanduwo. Chris Tritico, yemwe akuyimira Reyna pa milandu iliyonse yomwe ingakhalepo, anati loya wothandizira wa chigawo adaganiza kuti panalibe chifukwa chokwanira choti apolisi alamule kuti atenge magazi, chifukwa Reyna sakuwoneka kuti akuwonetsa zizindikiro zilizonse za kuledzera. Ndipo anali womasuka kupita.
Atafunsidwa za Reyna yekha za momwe ngoziyi inachitikira poyamba, Tritico anati Reyna sakukumbukira momwe inachitikira chifukwa anavulala mutu.
Maloya akuti kafukufuku wa apolisi akupitirira ndipo pakadali pano sizikudziwika bwino kuti Reyna adzakumana ndi zotsatirapo zotani, ngati zilipo, chifukwa cha ngoziyi. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Ramsey adati banja la Lazcano linaganiza zopereka mlanduwu - kuti amve ngati watsekedwa. Pa moyo wake wonse, Lazcano ndi mwamuna wake anali ndi malo ogulitsira katundu ndipo iye anali dalaivala wa galimoto yayikulu. Anali ndi lesitilanti yakeyake. Anali wothandizira maulendo. Ndipo chifukwa cha ntchito yovutayi, anaphunzitsa ana awiri ku koleji, ndipo ana awiri aang'ono, azaka 19 ndi 23, analembetsa ku koleji panthawi yomwe anamwalira.
“Iye anali mtima ndi moyo wa banja ili,” anatero Ramsey, “kotero banja ili lakumana ndi tsoka losaneneka. Sindikuganiza kuti adzatha kudzaza malo opanda pokhala a Mayi Lazcano omwe anawasiya posachedwa chonchi.”
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