A pickup truck driver was extremely drunk when he killed the other motorist in a two-vehicle collision over the weekend in south Minneapolis, according to charges filed Wednesday.
Julio A. Alvarado, 24, of Lakeville was charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the crash about 12:50 a.m. Saturday at W. 50th Street and S. Lyndale Avenue that killed Aaron T. Zach, 42, of Fridley.
Alvarado was arrested at the scene and remains jailed without bail ahead of a court appearance Thursday. Court records do not list an attorney for him.
A preliminary breath test administered at the scene by police measured Alvarado's blood alcohol content at 0.268%, more than three times the legal limit for driving in Minnesota, the charges read.
Zach was a 15-year employee of Pizza Luce at the time of his death, according to his online obituary, and "with every move [h]e left behind a circle of friends that he has always kept in contact with. His coworkers at Pizza Luce were his Minnesota family, who affectionately knew him as the 'Parm King.' "
According to the criminal complaint:
Police arrived at the scene and saw Zach's "caved in" SUV. Emergency responders soon declared him dead at the scene.
Alvarado's pickup truck hit and damaged a residential retaining wall. The pickup had "significant damage to the front end of the vehicle, and the engine compartment was compressed in half," the charges read.
