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Boy, 10, dies after wreck at Arlington intersection

Posted on Sep 02, 2011

ARLINGTON - A 10-year-old Arlington boy died early Friday morning from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle wreck Thursday evening that investigators believe was alcohol-related.

Tavian Sabur was pronounced dead at 4:26 a.m. at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Walter Tendai Chidyausiku, 29, has been arrested on two charges of suspicion of intoxication assault in the case and could face more serious charges because of Tavian's death and pending blood test results, Arlington police officials said.

Arlington police stated in a news release that Tavian was a passenger in a car being driven by his mother when the wreck happened about 6 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Nathan Lowe Road and Petra Drive.

The mother had driven into the intersection, after first stopping at a four-way stop, when her car was struck by a westbound SUV whose driver had not stopped at the intersection, the release states.

Tavian was taken by ambulance to the Medical Center of Arlington and later flown by helicopter to Cook Children's. His death has been ruled a homicide caused by multiple blunt trauma suffered in the wreck, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office.

Tavian's mother was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Chidyausiku, the driver of the SUV, was not seriously injured. He was arrested at the scene of the wreck after officers discovered indications that alcohol was a factor in the collision, the release states.

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