Nestor Flores transferred, booked into Dallas County Jail
DALLAS COUNTY – The man who is accused of hitting a pedestrian with a car in Dallas this weekend was booked in the Dallas County Jail Tuesday morning.
Nestor Flores has been charged with collision involving death and has a hold for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Flores was arrested after a man's body was found inside a car parked at a Jack in the Box along I-30 in White Settlement, nearly 40 miles away from where police there believe he was hit by that car.
The arrest warrant says Flores then walked into the restaurant, "asking for a phone charger and was covered in blood" before getting back into his car.
"It looks like he's been in a car wreck," said the person who called 911. "He's just slumped over in the seat and I just wanted to make sure he's okay."
In the passenger seat next to him, behind a gaping hole in the windshield, was the body. Flores told police he thought he had hit a deer.
Police believe Flores was impaired by both alcohol and drugs when he crashed into the pedestrian.
The pedestrian has since been identified as 45-year-old Terry Ivory. People who knew him say he was a kind, educated man with a good heart.
"Terry, I could say was a quiet man," said his friend Robert, who didn't want to be further identified. "He was educated. He was smart. He never asked for nothing from nobody, you know?"
Friends of Ivory, who they say was known as T, told CBS News Texas he was homeless and spent his days and nights at I-30 and Cockrell Hill Road, which is likely the same area that he was hit and killed.
What happened after is so disturbing, Robert thought it was a horrible rumor that couldn't possibly be true.
"Yea, it scares me," he said.
According to court documents, Ivory was hit by a car so hard, parts of his legs were later found at the scene.
"You're so impaired that you strike a pedestrian on a service road and you don't even realize it's a human being," said Chief Chris Cook with the White Settlement Police Department. "I can't fathom the level of impairment, and for him to travel 38 miles, and the car basically gave out is how he ended up in our community."
Now the community where Ivory lived is now concerned about their own safety on the streets, as they mourn the loss of one of their own.
"He was a good man," Robert said. "He was good-hearted."
Ivory does have family in the area, but CBS News Texas hasn't been able to talk to any of them about what happened.
Flores, who was convicted of a DWI three years ago, could face more charges pending a blood test. He's currently being held on a $500,000 bond.
