Man charged with intoxicated manslaughter after Big Spring crash [Video]

HOWARD COUNTY, Texas — Forty-one-year-old Jason Earnest Key has been charged with intoxicated manslaughter after a crash in Howard County on Thursday night left one man dead, according to a press release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

On July 25, at 9:22 PM, a collision occurred on US 87 near Mile Marker 374 in Howard County. The release further stated that the incident involved a 2015 Ram 3500 and a 2018 Jeep. 

The preliminary investigation indicated that the Jeep, driven by Jose Gonzales, 64, of Ackerley, TX., was parked on the shoulder of the northbound roadway and then was rear-ended by the Ram 3500, driven by Earnest Key.

Earnest Key was not injured in the crash. Gonzales was pronounced dead at the scene.

Earnest …