EL PASO, TX (KTSM) – Sunday morning, El Paso Police Department (EPPD) officials provided an update to Friday’s multiple vehicle wreck on I-10 East and Lee Trevino.

According to EPPD officials 67-year-old Stephen Hoeller, of Horizon City, was thrown from his 2001 BMW R11 motorcycle and run over by a tractor trailer. Hoeller was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Special Traffic Investigation officers say a four-vehicle wreck involving a 2018 Dodge Charger, a 2017 Hyundai Elantra, a 2022 Nissan Rogue, and a 2001 BMW motorcycle were traveling east on the left
lane when a chain reaction crash occurred.

As traffic became congested, the 2018 Dodge Charger, came to an abrupt stop and was rear-ended by the Hyundai Elantra.

The BMW motorcycle rear-ended the Nissan Rogue resulting in the motorcyclist being thrown into the next lane where he was run over by the tractor-trailer.

EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT

Police say this is the 40th traffic fatality of year compared to 34 at this time last year.

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