An alleged drunk driver is accused of running over two pedestrians and hitting a power pole, and a man who saw it all happen is charged with assaulting him.
The driver, Enrique Cantu, 41, and bystander, Armando Garcia, 27, were hospitalized after the incident and are facing charges.Police said bystanders were angry about the driver running over the women, so they pulled him from his car and assaulted him. One man is accused of violently beating the driver before punching an officer.An alleged drunk driver and bystander are facing charges after a crazy chain of events unfolded in a north Houston bar parking lot on Monday.
It all started at about 2 a.m. in the Micheladas Tres Hermanos parking lot in the 7700 block of Airline Drive after the bar had just closed. He allegedly started to drive erratically when police say he hit two cars, reversed down Airline Drive, and ran over two women walking out of the parking lot.Cantu tried to run away after that, but witnesses in the area fought him until officers arrived.
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