Dylan Molina was sentenced to 15 years in jail last month after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the November 2021 death of Euless Police Department Detective Alex Cervantes.
In the accident, Dylan Molina, then 26, was driving a Jeep Wrangler with a blood alcohol concentration twice the legal limit, according to the Lake Worth Police Department, which investigated the crash.
He ran a red light and struck a Chevy Impala in the 4200 block of Boat Club Road. Cervantes was behind the wheel of the Chevy with his wife and two young children inside, police said.
Cervantes was pronounced dead at the scene and his wife was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. His two children had serious injuries.
On Jan. 30, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cervantes’ death, 10 years for the injuries inflicted on Cervantes’ wife and children, as well as six months for a previously unknown DWI, all to be served concurrently, officials said.
After the sentencing, Cervantes’ 13-year-old son, Joshua, spoke to Molina before the court.
“You affected my life pretty bad because I no longer have a dad to go home to,” he said, according to a release by the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney. “It hurts because my dad won’t be there for me when I graduate college or get married.”