HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A 58-year-old man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter following a crash that killed a USPS worker Saturday afternoon, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

The crash happened in the 11700 block of Antoine Drive, Gonzalez shared. He said the crash involved two vehicles, one being a postal truck and the other being a pickup.

Authorities said the driver of the postal vehicle was critically injured and taken to a hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Meanwhile, the driver of the pickup, now identified as 58-year-old Jose Humberto Romero, was found to have been intoxicated, Gonzalez said, and added that Romero was booked into the Harris County jail.

"This charge would previously (be) a second-degree felony, but the 89th Texas Legislature provided an enha

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