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Report: Navaira DWI at time of crash

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Published: May 2, 2008 at 9:33 AM

HOUSTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Recently released test results suggest Tejano music star Emilio Navaira was intoxicated when he crashed his tour bus in Texas several weeks ago.

In addition to reporting on the test results, the Houston Chronicle also said Navaira had a prior arrest for driving while intoxicated in 2000.

The 45-year-old singer was seriously injured in March when he was thrown through the windshield of the vehicle he was driving. Six of Navaira's band members were also left injured, although none were as seriously hurt as Navaira was.

Navaira has had brain surgery to remove a blood clot and to relieve pressure from swelling, while another operation was conducted to repair a rupture of an arterial wall in his right lung.

The Grammy Award-winning recording artist is undergoing treatment at a rehabilitation center.

The San Antonio Express-News quoted Navaira's brother as saying he hadn't heard about the March accident's DWI classification.

"Right now, I do not want to comment. I really do not know the details," Raul Navaira told the newspaper. "As soon as I talk to the attorney and see what is going on, maybe I can talk."

Navaira did say his brother was "doing good."

"He is coming along fast," he added.

Topics: Emilio Navaira
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