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May 2, 2008, 11:20PM
Authorities weighing whether to charge Emilio in crash


By HECTOR SALDAÑA and ELIZABETH ALLEN
San Antonio Express-News


SAN ANTONIO — Given famed Tejano singer Emilio Navaira's intoxicated state when he crashed his tour bus in late March, injuring himself and five others, authorities said Friday there's a chance the man may face DWI and intoxication assault charges soon.

Had passengers on the bus at the time of the crash been more cooperative in the days following the accident, it's possible that authorities would have already filed charges against the singer, said Warren Diepraam, Harris County's vehicular crimes prosecutor.

The passengers, however, have been "reluctant to give statements to the police," Diepraam said.

The Bellaire Police Department, which is investigating the Easter morning crash, has contacted the Texas Rangers to help the department obtain those statements, he said. A decision on whether to charge the musician is expected within two weeks, authorities said.

Intoxication assault is a third-degree felony. And if charged with a DWI, it would be Navaira's third, generally a felony. But due to the fact that his second DWI charge, stemming from a January 2005 crash on Loop 410 at Interstate 35 in San Antonio, remains unresolved, the Houston case more than likely would be treated as a misdemeanor, authorities said..........

Emilio seems to have a real bad drinking problem.

Ever since he did that country album his carreer was never the same. Divorced his wife and married a young buck.

it sounds messed up that they would charge him with DWI and Intoxication assault but if he was drinking then it would be the RIGHT THING TO DO

That's jacked, lol. When I heard he was getting transferd because he was recovering so well, I thought about how they would probably charge him for something or anything they can think of. he was driving a class C automobile on a class B license. or the other way around, I forget.

At least the Man is still alive.

Will have to see what becomes of this situation.