El Paso County Sheriff's Office deputies say a 27-year-old man was killed after he was driving the wrong direction on Interstate 10 near El Paso, Texas.

Here's more from the press release from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

'The preliminary investigation determined that a gold Toyota was driving westbound on eastbound lanes of traffic. The vehicle then collided with the tractor trailer traveling eastbound.

The single male occupant of the Toyota was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the collision.'

The man that was killed in the wreck has been identified as 27-year-old Alejandro Rosillo Jr. The investigation is open and ongoing, no further information is available at this time.

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