A man accused of speeding through a stop sign and killing a young couple in Dallas over the weekend has been released from jail on bail.
Just before 11 p.m. Saturday, Dallas police said Antonio Ortiz, 22, ignored a stop sign at an intersection and drove his truck, colliding with a young couple.
The accident killed 18-year-old Milena Wilske and her boyfriend, Angel Ortuno.
Witnesses told police Ortiz ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed, according to Fox 4 Dallas.
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Antonio Ortiz, the suspect who killed two people over the weekend in Dallas, has been released on bail. (FOX 4 Dallas)
“You could see marks all over the road and in the mud,” Wilske’s friend Joshua Reyes told Fox 4. “It just shows you the cars and the amount of force that was put on them.”
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Antonio Ortiz, 22, is accused of killing 18-year-old Milena Wilske and her boyfriend, Angel Ortuno, after speeding through a stop sign. (FOX 4 Dallas)
Fox 4 reported that police believe Ortiz was traveling between 60 and 70 miles per hour when he ran a stop sign and hit the couple.
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Dallas police believe Ortiz was traveling between 60 and 70 miles per hour when he ran the stop sign. (FOX 4 Dallas)
Ortiz was charged with two counts of manslaughter and released late Monday on $150,000 bail.
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Antonio Ortiz was released from Dallas County Jail on $150,000 bail late Monday on suspicion of causing a crash that killed a young couple. (FOX 4 Dallas)
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