A Jefferson County grand jury has indicted a Sour Lake man for intoxication manslaughter in connection with the fiery crash that killed another man in September.

Joseph Brady Carney, 31, was indicted on Wednesday in the death of Mauricio Cordoba-Gomez, 69, of Port Arthur.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Carney was under the influence of Alprazolam, also known as Xanax, while driving a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 and “accidently or by mistake caused the death” of the victim who was driving a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Carney was southbound on U.S. 69/Memorial Boulevard and approaching the traffic light at 39^th Street at around 12:10 p.m. Sept. 27, 2016 when the incident occurred.

The victim, Cordoba-Gomez, who was driving a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, was stopped behind other vehicles stopped at the 39^th Street light, waiting for the light to turn green.

According to Port Arthur Police Advanced Accident investigators, the suspect’s vehicle left no skid marks indicating braking was limited.

A witness traveling behind the accused’s vehicle recalls the brake lights on Carney’s vehicle never came on and the vehicle never slowed speed. The accused’s vehicle struck the victim’s vehicle and the victim’s vehicle immediately burst into flames. Cordoba-Gomez died inside the Jeep as a result of the collision.

A search warrant was obtained for the suspect’s blood. The Texas Department of Public Safety’s crime lab analyzed the blood and the results were positive for .023 milligrams per liter of Alprazolam, which is a benzodiazepine.

Carney was arrested and bond was set at $30,000. He later bonded out of jail.

An indictment is not a final conviction of guilt; it is only a ruling by the grand jury that allows the district attorney’s office to proceed with a criminal case.