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Update: Man crashes into ditch, arrested

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El Paso County Sheriff's Office
JOE MACHUCA

By Ruben Veloz

El Paso County Sheriff's Office

VINTON, Texas —

The driver of a pickup truck arrested on suspicion of drunken driving was identified by El Paso Sheriff's deputies.


Joe Machuca, 53, drove off Interstate 10 and then crashed into a ditch, said deputies. 

The accident happened on North Desert Boulevard and Landfill, which is about a mile north of Transmountain Highway.

The man escaped from the truck unharmed. 

Sheriff's deputies told KFOX14 Machuca was going northbound on I-10 around 2 a.m. when he veered off the highway, crossed North Loop and went down a ditch. 

Deputies said he didn't have serious injuries. 

They don't know how fast he was going and took down a sign. 

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