Army soldier allegedly killed Navy veteran and his teacher fiance in Texas wreck after getting drunk at gender reveal party: report

An Army soldier is accused of killing a Navy veteran and the man’s fiancée after he consumed an excessive amount of alcohol at a gender reveal party and plowed into the couple at a Texas intersection.Juan Francisco Del Valle Ferrer, 25, was allegedly drunk driving in El Paso on Nov.2 when he drove his Honda HR-V into a black Mercedes carrying Rick Ballard and Dalia Olivas around 11:37 p.m., according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.The couple’s Mercedes then spun out and crashed into a light pole after being hit.

Ballard, a 28-year-old Navy veteran, was ejected from the car with such force that his right leg was severed and found inside the vehicle, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KFOX14.He was pronounced dead at the scene.His fiancée, Olivas, a 28-year-old English teacher at Triumph High School in El Paso, was in the passenger seat when she was found by first responders with “serious injuries.” She was rushed to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries.Del Valle Ferrer, a US Army Sergeant based out of Fort Bliss, allegedly reeked of booze when officers arrived on the scene and told them he had consumed “a lot” at a gender reveal party before the accident and then passed out, KFOX14 reported.

Del Valle Ferrer was allegedly wearing the baby blue wristband from the gender reveal party when cops found him at the scene.He sustained serious injuries in the wreck and was taken to the hospital from the scene.

Del Valle Ferrer allegedly had sped through a red light at an intersection before crashing into the couple’s car, according to his arrest affidavit.A witness also told police they watched the Honda HR-V accelerate and, without hesitation, drive through the solid red light and T-bone the Mercedes, according to the court documents.The fatal crash happened about 15 miles away from Fort Bliss.Both Ballard and Olivas families blasted Del Valle Ferrer‘s “reckless actions” for allegedly getting behind the wheel drunk ...