Police - Media Releases 4/19/2021 Man Charged with Three Counts of Vehicular Homicide by Intoxication for March 11 Collision on I-40 East

4/19/2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Guillermo Montalvo-Lopez (also known as William Lopez-Cruz) is charged with three counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication, felony drug possession and driving without a license for the March 11 collision between a landscaping truck and a tractor-trailer on I-40 East near Charlotte Pike in Bellevue which claimed the lives of front seat passenger Abraham Carranza-Martinez, 32, and both rear seat passengers Ignacio Fuenes, 18, and Adrian Ramos-Arista, 36.

The driver of the tractor-trailer had pulled off the Interstate onto the right shoulder to check on a possible mechanical problem. The 2016 Isuzu NPR, driven by Montalvo-Lopez, was eastbound in the right lane of I-40 when the truck drifted onto the right shoulder and struck the rear of the trailer. Montalvo-Lopez was the only occupant of the landscaping truck wearing a seatbelt.

A blood sample from Montalvo-Lopez was analyzed at the MNPD crime laboratory and showed the presence of methamphetamine, oxycodone, ketamine, and ephedrine. A white crystal substance and a folded dollar bill which also contained a powdery substance was recovered from Montalvo-Lopez' person.

Upon his discharge Friday from Vanderbilt Medical Center, Montalvo-Lopez was booked into the Metro Jail where he remains in lieu of $81,000 bond.

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Guillermo Montalvo-Lopez,