M STREETS HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER GETS 60 YEARS

Highland Park Police chased a stolen blue Chrysler Town and Country minivan, which had run a stop sign, until it reached the border with our neighborhood. Dagoberto Castañon was driving the van at 8:30 a.m. on a Tuesday April 2014, and at the corner of Monticello and Homer, he crashed with a Nissan Versa.

The driver and a passenger in the minivan ran away on foot.

The crash killed a passenger in the Nissan, 13-year-old Ethan Vasquez, the son of a Cedar Hill Police officer. The crash also injured his mother, 40-year-old Sandy Vasquez. Ethan was in seventh grade at William B. Travis Academy.

Castañon, 26, pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of failing to stop and render aid. A Dallas County criminal court judge sentenced him to 60 years on the murder charge and five-year sentences for the two failure to stop charges, which will run concurrently. He will be eligible for parole in about 30 years.

Castañon and a man suspected of being his passenger, Rogelio Avila, were arrested in Florida.

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