Two men were killed this morning when a drunken driving suspect plowed through a bus shelter across from Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The men were apparently sleeping in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit stop shortly after 2 a.m. when the suspect's northbound pickup jumped a curb and leveled the structure, on Harry Hines Boulevard just south of Inwood Road.
A DART bus drives past a bus stop where two men were killed early Monday morning when the shelter was leveled by a suspected drunk driver.
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Both victims, described only as homeless men in their 30s, died at the scene. They were not identified pending notification of family members.
The suspect was arrested after stumbling through a field sobriety test, witnesses said. A Dallas police report identified him as 50-year-old Julian Cadena Cerda.
He faces two counts of intoxication manslaughter and is being held at the Dallas County Jail.
Reginald Meriweather, a youth minister who volunteers at the nearby Salvation Army shelter, said he rushed in when he heard about the crash. He said he may have known one of the victims but couldn't explain why the men chose to spend the night at the bus stop.
Julian Cadena Cerda
"It's sad to have people right outside two shelters to be sleeping outside and hungry," he said.
Two passers-by, who identified themselves as homeless, were shocked to learn the news, though neither apparently knew the victims.
"Dang, we used to sit there and wait for the bus," Mingo Cruz said.
He and Debra Carter surveyed the crumpled awning and metal posts jutting out of the ground that were all that was left of the bus stop.
"That's just sad," Carter said.
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