Jonathan D. Washington worked at Dallas Baylor, coached a successful youth football team and had a part-time job to provide for his family. He was heading home from his second job when police say he was killed by a drunk driver.
A Kaufman County man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection to a wrong-way deadly crash in Sunnyvale over the weekend.The crash happened early Sunday morning on US-80, near Lawson Road.Police say 22-year-old Edgar Cortez was driving west in the eastbound lanes of US-80 when he crashed into a Dodge Challenger.Jonathan D. Washington was in that Dodge Challenger and was killed. He was on his way home from his part-time job.
"Washington also coached a youth team to success."He was a youth football coach in Mesquite," Jackson said. "He was a finalist in Florida a couple of years back. Just won the championship this year in the Mesquite football league."Washington was driving home Sunday when he was hit head-on by a pickup truck. Police say Cortez was drunk and was driving the wrong way. He is charged with intoxication manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
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