A driver involved in a car wreck that killed a husband and wife in Kingwood has been charged with intoxication manslaughter.
John Nathan Dool, 40, has been charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter for his role in the collision that claimed the lives of 60-year-old Curtis Van Diest and 66-year-old Catherine Van Diest.
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The collision happened near the intersection of West Lake Houston Parkway and Magnolia Cove Drive and was reported at around 5:45 p.m. on July 13.
The Van Diests were traveling in a white Cadillac XT5 SUV and stopped at a stop sign traveling northbound on Magnolia Cove. As the SUV pulled out following the stop, a Ram pickup truck struck it.
After the contact, the truck hit a pole and landed on its side.
Responding paramedics pronounced both Curtis and Catherine dead at the scene.
Dool, the driver of the truck, was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities determined that he was impaired at the time of the crash.
The investigation into the situation remains active.
