EL PASO, Texas (
KTSM
) – A 31-year-old man is dead after he jumped out of a moving vehicle while having a “verbal argument” with the driver last month at Interstate 10 East at Loop 375, the El Paso Police Department (EPPD) said in a news release on Thursday, June 12.
EPPD said that on Sunday, May 18, the Special Traffic Investigations (STI) unit responded to a crash at I-10 East at the Loop 375 off-ramp at Mile Marker 34.
The initial investigation determined that the driver and passenger were having a verbal argument while traveling east on I-10 when Gary Raymond Arriola Jr., 31, jumped out of the moving vehicle, EPPD said.
EPPD said he was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. However, a day later, the medical examiner told investigators he died from his injuries.
On Wednesday, June 11, the STI unit learned this fatality was ruled as “accident,” EPPD said.
EPPD said this is the 28th traffic fatality compared to 29 this same time last year.
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