EL PASO, Texas -- The El Paso Police department are investigating the second traffic death of Friday morning.

Ernesto Garcia Jr, 33, drove his Mercury Grand Marquis into traffic on north Carolina Street in the Lower Valley around 11 a.m. for unknown reasons.

The Grand Marquis crashed into a city maintenance van near the north Carolina and Rancho Alegra Way.

Garcia died at the scene. A 9-year-old passenger was taken to Thomason hospital with minor injuries.

Both city workers were taken to Las Palmas hospital where they were treated for minor injuries.

Garcia and the nine year old child were not wearing safety belts.