Read more: Local, Crime, Alejandro Bernal Petricioli, Intoxication Manslaughter, Hit and Run, Failure to Stop and Render Aid, 500 Block of U.S. Highway 100, Port Isabel, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
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A 51-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after allegedly hitting and killing a woman with his pickup truck.
Port Isabel police arrested Alejandro Bernal Petricioli following a Tuesday night hit-and-run accident.
Investigators told Action 4 News that 44-year-old pedestrian Reyna Hernandez Garcia was killed on the 500 block of U.S. Highway 100 around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Witnesses told police that Petricioli was driving a grey Ford 150 truck and fled the scene of the fatal accident.
Police located the truck at a Stripes gas station and arrested Petricioli under a felony failure to stop and render aid charge.
Cameron County jail records show that those charges were later upgraded to intoxication manslaughter.
Investigators told Action 4 News that blood test results are pending but they believe that alcohol played a role in the accident.
Public records show that Petricioli had previously served probation in Texas for a 2004 DWI charge.
Investigators said Petricioli is from Mexico City but has a Texas driver’s license listing a Port Isabel address.
Petricioli remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail under a $75,000 bond.
Funeral arrangements for Garcia are being made at the Garza Funeral Home in San Benito.
