Caleb Goodwin Killed in DUI Crash on Nogales Highway [Tucson, AZ]

Tucson, AZ (June 6, 2023) On Sunday evening, 19-year-old Caleb Goodwin was killed in a DUI crash on Nogales Highway.

Tucson PD says that the fatal motorcycle crash happened around 8 p.m. at the intersection of S. Nogales Hwy. and E. Delta Road.

Reports say that 20-year-old Jassiel Jimenez Juvera was driving a sedan failed to yield the right of way to a motorcycle. Consequently, the sedan struck the motorcycle, killing the motorcyclist, identified as Goodwin, and sending the female passenger to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities say that Jimenez Juvera stayed at the scene and was cooperating with officials, investigators determined Jimenez Juvera was driving impaired at the time of the collision and was driving without a license.

Officials arrested Jassiel Jimenez Juvera and booked into the Pima County Jail on the felony charges of Manslaughter and Aggravated Assault.

Police identified that the failure to yield while making a left turn and impaired driving as big factors of the collision.

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Sweet Lawyers express sympathies to the bereaved family Caleb Aaron Goodwin. Our hearts are with you through these trying times. We also wish the injured party a quick recovery.

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