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UPDATE: Deadly crash in Glendale involving truck, motorcycle; Roberto Villegas arrested

Posted at 4:50 PM, Jul 11, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-11 19:50:55-04

Court records show a suspect was impaired at three the legal limit when he was involved in a crash earlier this month.

According to the Glendale Police Department, on July 2, a pickup truck and a motorcycle crashed around 2 a.m. at the intersection of 45th Avenue and Camelback Road.

Investigators determined the motorcycle was heading east on Camelback when it was hit by the pickup, which was traveling north on 45th Avenue and didn't stop at the stop sign. Court records show that the driver of the truck  38-year-old Roberto Villegas, "admitted seeing the motorcyclist approaching him but decided to pull out in front of him anyway because he wanted to go home."

The crash caused the truck to flip on its side. 

The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later identified him as 53-year-old Kevin Douglas Terry. 

Villegas suffered non-life threatening injuries and was hospitalized. A blood draw revealed his blood alcohol content level to be 0.239, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08.

Officers say Villegas knew the victim was dead but indicated that it "wasn't his problem."

Villegas was driving on a suspended license and has been charged with manslaughter.