Police believe a drunk driver is responsible for an accident that killed a 19-year-old pregnant woman in Texas City early Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Tylara Delgado, who was seven months pregnant, was driving a 2005 Ford Taurus west on FM 1765 around 2:05 a.m. after leaving her job at a taxi cab company, Texas City Police Department Capt. Brian Goetschius said.

The driver of a 2004 Nissan Titan pickup truck, identified as Mariano O. Torres, traveling north on Texas 146 ran a red light and struck Delgado’s car from the side,  Goetschius said.

An officer who drove up only seconds after the accident found Delgado dead inside her vehicle, Goetschius said. Her unborn child also was pronounced dead.

Torres was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts of intoxication manslaughter. He is in the Galveston County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Police were awaiting results of tests to determine whether he had alcohol in his system.

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