{"id":44199,"date":"2026-06-26T22:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/44199\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T22:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:11:07","slug":"drunk-20-year-old-celebrating-birthday-allegedly-crashed-dads-bmw-after-taco-bell-run-killing-man-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/44199\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk 20-Year-Old Celebrating Birthday Allegedly Crashed Dad&#8217;s BMW After Taco Bell Run, Killing Man: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dejon Fortune is charged with felony intoxication manslaughter after allegedly crashing into another car, killing the driver, Sung Bae<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fortune was celebrating his 20th birthday in the hours before the crash, police alleged in an affidavit<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash occurred in Katy, Texas, on June 23<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 20-year-old Texas man is charged with felony intoxication manslaughter after police alleged he crashed his car into another vehicle, killing the driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dejon Fortune, 20, was arrested following the crash in Katy, Texas, which the Fort Bend County Sheriff&#8217;s Office <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FortBendCountySheriffsOffice\/posts\/pfbid02UtD7fvtqLprVs1dg1Si9ceFE2WoRpZW4ysvehdpeePsjnnMfaLtyRyFSUWNy9vjxl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:said;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said&quot;}\">said<\/a> occurred after 2 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The preliminary investigation indicates a white BMW driven by Fortune hit a black Cadillac driven by Sung Bae, 53,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said. &#8220;Bae was pronounced deceased at the scene.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by PEOPLE, Fortune had been celebrating his 20th birthday hours before the crash and allegedly admitted to having drinks that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fortune told police he had gone to his birthday party at a friend&#8217;s house at 10:30 p.m., the affidavit claimed, before leaving to go to Taco Bell and remaining at the fast food restaurant until it closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the crash, Fortune allegedly told police he did not remember when he&#8217;d had his last drink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the affidavit, the BMW allegedly driven by Fortune was owned by his father.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two passengers were in the car with Fortune at the time of the crash and one allegedly told police they removed alcohol from the car following the collision, authorities claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the passengers allegedly also said she believed Fortune was driving between 70 and 80 miles per hour, the affidavit stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free True Crime newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a> for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the crash caused Bae&#8217;s vehicle to go off the road before it struck a light pole and two trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of Mr. Bae as they navigate this heartbreaking loss,&#8221; Fort Bend County Sheriff Eric Fagan said in a statement. &#8220;Impaired driving continues to claim innocent lives in our community. We urge everyone to make responsible choices and never get behind the wheel while under the influence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is not immediately clear if Fortune has entered a plea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/man-faces-manslaughter-charge-after-birthday-crash-12007935\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Dejon Fortune is charged with felony intoxication manslaughter after allegedly crashing into another car, killing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[37907,6213,37905,37906,37910,37908,37909,9390],"class_list":["post-44199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-20th-birthday","tag-bmw","tag-dejon-fortune","tag-intoxication-manslaughter","tag-katy","tag-probable-cause-affidavit","tag-sung-bae","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}