HOUSTON—A 25-year-old Houston man was charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter late Monday in a crash that killed three teenage girls last week.

Prosecutors say Sajan Timalshina was drunk behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry when he ran a red light and smashed into a Ford Excursion on July 9.

The crash occurred around 1:30 a.m. as Timalshina was headed north on the Highway 59 feeder and the SUV, which was carrying two adults and five teenagers, was headed east on the Sam Houston Tollway feeder.

Two of the teen passengers – 13-year-old Avianca Cortez and 17-year-old Rashaunda Raleigh – were ejected from the SUV and died at the scene.

A third passenger, 13-year-old Detrihanna Davis, died the next day at the hospital. They were not wearing seatbelts, police said.

The other occupants of the car were taken to the hospital in serious condition and have since been released.

According to court documents, Timalshina failed field sobriety tests at the scene. When police asked for a voluntary blood sample, Timalshina refused, but officers were able to get an involuntary sample because the accident was fatal.

That sample was taken at Ben Taub about three and a half hours after the crash and registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.075, police said.

After performing a retrograde analysis of the sample, officers determined Timalshina’s blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident was between 0.127 and 0.162.

In Texas, a person whose blood-alcohol level is 0.08 or higher is legally intoxicated.

According to court documents, Timalshina gave a voluntary statement to officers after the crash, saying that he was driving his brother’s Camry, had worked a 16-hour day and was confused about where he was going because he was tired.

Timalshina told officers he’d seen a green light farther up the road and mistakenly thought it was the nearest signal when he ran the red light and hit the SUV.

In a second statement, Timalshina told police he’d had a 12 oz. Corona at his brother’s work just before 1 a.m., but he’d only consumed a fourth of the beer.

Police said a big-rig driver, who waiting at the red light at the time of the crash, saw the whole thing.

"When the light turned green, he noticed that the Toyota Camry traveling north was traveling at a high rate of speed and he felt that he wasn’t gonna stop so he stayed where he was at," said HPD Sgt. I. Izaguirre. "But the Ford Excursion didn’t see that car..."

One of the surviving girls, 14-year-old Necie Davis, described herself going in and out of consciousness after the crash.

"I felt the car hit the other car and then after that I just blanked out and when I kind of looked around and Avianca Cortez was laying on top of me and I was trying to see if she was still here," said Davis. "I was trying to get her up, but I couldn’t really move."

Davis, who was released from the hospital late Friday, said she and her friends were on their way home from a party when they were hit.

"We always went places with each other," said Davis. "I wish I could see them one last time at least. I didn’t get to tell them I love them or anything."

Timalshina's bond was set at $150,000

Newlynew,

No point in arguing with you. You never wrote anything that is consistent and intelligent. It is only emoticons and one liners from you.

 

[And I find it particularly funny that the only form of argument most of these pro-hanging or pro-lifelong sentencing people know is that "why don't you go to Nepal?". You oppose hanging? Why don't you go to Nepal. You oppose the way they appoint jury here? Why don't you go back to Nepal. You oppose death sentence? Why don't you go to Nepal?. You like the fact that criminals are to be kept in jail to reform them? Why don't you go to Nepal? Is that all you guys know, folks?]

Rewire,

I guess you think only relatives defend others, don't you? Have you ever tried to look at an issue, a case from independent point of view? Btw, I have been all over the world. Wherever opportunities arose, I went there. Now happy?

I pointed out how some aspects of Nepali system is better, and you guys are so incapable of looking at the nuances of an argument that I guess I am wasting my time here.

Oh, yea. Did anyone read about the new report from Bhadragol Jail? The attempt made to improve the life of inmates inside the jail has been lauded by many, including in Kantipur Daily.

I rest my case here folks. I hope you enjoy hanging the drunk driver, now that you all seem to sure about his guilt ....

you did not even answer my question.....@ Pire: what proportion in your opinion should a
drunk driver face who takes away lives of 3 people? In your opinion how
many years do you think this guy should be sentenced to?

 aaba houston ma khaire harule naramro nazar le herne bhayo. the peopel there are uneductaed and poor so they don't like foreigners at all, if u r not white or black they will treta u like a crap, even the children born from illegal parents will treat us like crap. anyways tyo marne haru chai mexican ko bacchaharu jasto chani.

 

those who died lets check their status too, i think they were anchor children born from illegal parents, one of the black dude who speaks spanish from either honduras or colombia, who knows, at  least this timilshina was legal and it was just a mistake made in the wrong place at the wrong time

What a cheap comment by sunsweesh "tyo marne haru chai mexican ko bacchaharu jasto chani, sala ramrai ho tyo  illegal mexican ko bacchaharu mare, they are the menace to the society"

Look at this moron Racist sunsweesh; I wonder how and why nepalese want to be related or associated to the animals like sunsweesh and Ajay dev. 

Arahat,

no i like the American law system, you can bail out , post bonds, even the jail here is better than some of the houses where Nepalese live, nepal law system  is [Disallowed String for - bad word]ed up,not good at all, corrupted brahman officials, we need a change, that Timilshina dude should be caught and extradited to US, also that guy who stole lottery. i am not mean person but u know blame the illegal immigrants in Texas, all these Mexicans because of them everybody thinks that all foreigners are illegal, and to be honest omg those kids born from illega immigrants they r responsible for crime and drugs and innocent people like us caught at the midle of racial tension

please any nepali know wherabouts abt him and that lottery dude call the US police or FBI, do the right thing

Here comes half-American trying to do civil duty.

Sajan is responsible for taking those three lives. He can not live the rest of his life peacefully with the sin he committed, he is already punished. Bringing him back to the US cannot bring those lives back, let him live his life.

this guy had so much time to run away from the country. ain't that good enough law. all suspects are innocent until proven guilty on the court of law. pire: dont you think thats good enough law.

I can't believe just he is nepali , some of y ou are supporting him.  He should be brought to justice according to the american law.   Accident's can happen to anybody. You  or me. But at least you should cut out the risk.  Don't drink and drive.

@Pire: Yah, you are the wise man here capable of seemingly intelligent but full of flawed reasoing. I just hope that Mr. Drunk Driver does not run over your stupid a.*ss next time you go back to Nepal, where he would probably evade whole hassle of being penalized by bribing his way out, and would not even have flee to another country...

No matter what, this bonehead needs to be brought to justice
I can guarantee that Citgo will not have good days ahead.

Justice will be prevailed and should be prevailed.

We are tangled on Justice system in US and Nepal to some extent every judicial system is manipulated within it's boundaries but the degree varies. Someone is trying to prove Nepal's system is better, hell not, it is directly influence and criminals are out. Crime is part of our new culture, Underground and over the ground.

may be it is dragged far from it's periphery/contest.

NayaSadak: Mr. Wiseguy Pire needs some lessons on Realities of Nepali Justice System 101. Has this guy ever lived in Nepal?