Driver Strikes Pedestrian in Dallas, Drives 40 Miles with Victim's Body in Car

Suspect, Previously Convicted of DWI, Faces Intoxication Manslaughter Charges

31-year-old Nestor Joel Lujan Flores is accused of fatally striking a pedestrian in Dallas, driving 40 miles, and parking at a restaurant in White Settlement, Texas, where police found him slumped over the steering wheel of his damaged car with the victim's body in the passenger seat.
Flores, who was convicted of driving while intoxicated in 2021, is facing charges of intoxication manslaughter.
Police believe the impact of the crash was so severe that the pedestrian was thrown inside the vehicle and came to rest on the passenger seat.
Flores reportedly told police he thought he had hit an animal and continued driving, never notifying police or emergency responders.
Human remains matching the victim were found near the crash site on the westbound service road of Interstate 30 near Cockrell Hill Road in Dallas County, about 38 miles from the restaurant where Flores and the victim were discovered.