A 71-year-old Pharr man accused of killing the passenger of a vehicle he crashed into in early February is set to be arraigned next Wednesday.

Javier Garza has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, criminal negligent homicide and aggravated assault causing bodily injury charges for crashing into Maria Del Rosario Navarro which resulted in the death of her mother, Dolores Acevedo, on Feb. 2.

Video surveillance footage obtained from two opposite locations show that Navarro was traveling with her mother to their home in the city of Hidalgo when she turned eastbound on Dicker Road from S. 23rd Street on a protected green arrow, according to a probable cause affidavit.

As Navarro made the turn, Garza was traveling northbound on 23rd Street heading toward the same intersection, which was

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