Home City: El Paso, Texas
Crash Anniversary: August 20, 2014
On August 20, 2014, a drunk driver was driving a black Dodge Ram 3500 pickup West on 1-10 in East El Paso, TX around 9:15 p.m. The traffic had come to a halt on I-10 in a construction zone. A drunk driver was driving at a high rate of speed on the right lane when he rear-ended an Acura Integra driven by, Garett Hoff. The collision forced Garrett’s vehicle into the left lane causing it to hit the rear of a Mercury Sable with two passengers that caused the Sable to collide with a 14 wheeler tractor trailer. The 14-wheeler tractor trailer was stopped due to heavy traffic in the construction zone. Garett and the passenger of the Mercury Sable, Virginia Acosta were killed instantly. Virginia’s daughter who was pregnant at the time was injured; she and her child survived the crash. Garret was only 29 years of age.
Garrett’s father, Gary, volunteers with MADD and participate in the Walk Like MADD committee, testified at MADD legislative day and speaks at the MADD VIP and in the community in memory of his son.
We walk for Gary.
Below is a poem Gary wrote for his son:
The Last Race for Garrett
Garret was in the Racing World
Written by his Loving Father, Gary Hoff
December 18, 2015
Sometimes I catch a glimpse
In a wave of smoke
My Son, My Heart
When I see what you like to do
I can’t help but think of you
Sometimes I feel the heat of an engine
A feeling of the night air
A collection of each memory
And every day wishing for more
Sometimes I ask for answers
Because each day I ask for you
I ask for faith and courage
And strength to get me by
Sometimes I ask for bravery
Because time can be slow
Sometime the road is hard to see
Sometimes I cry
This was not what I had planned
Why you suffered a Dad can’t understand
Sometimes I hear your laughter
And remember you at play
But my Son I will always miss you
Not Sometimes but every day,
Dad
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