BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A man is being held in the Whatcom County Jail on $1 million bond for causing a wreck that killed another driver on the Guide Meridian Friday night, January 6th.

Bellingham Police say Teofilo Garcia Uribe was intoxicated while speeding south on Meridian in an SUV just after 9 p.m.

He rear-ended a passenger car at Kellogg Road with such force that it pushed the car for an entire block.

The car erupted in flames and the driver was trapped inside.

That person died at the scene while Uribe fled.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s deputies stopped and took him into custody nearby.

Police have not identified the person who was killed.