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A man was charged Friday with intoxication manslaughter after five people
were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas,
that involved over a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35, authorities said.
Authorities said that the five people killed in the crash that involved 17 vehicles Thursday just before 11:30 p.m. included three adults, a child
and an infant. First responders said that 11 people were taken to
hospitals.
Solomun Weldekeal Araya, 37, was charged with five counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault after the crash,
Austin police said Friday. Police said he was in custody in Travis County
Jail. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney. Jail records did
not list an attorney for him.
https://www.kxan.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/40/2025/03/Weldekeal-Araya- Solomun-WR.jpg?resize=640,360
Mugshot of Solomun Weldekeal Araya (APD photo)
Police have not detailed the circumstances that led to the wreck. Police
said in an email Friday that they were still early in the investigation
and had no further information available to release.
The southbound lanes of I-35 were closed following the crash, and they
remained closed into Friday before reopening at about 1 p.m. The wreck
left a stretch of the interstate littered with mangled vehicles and
debris.
The collision was “very large and very complex,” police Officer Austin
Zarling said at an early morning news conference.
Edgar Viera told NBC affiliate KXAN of Austin that he was at a nearby
store when he heard the crash and went to try to help those involved.
“We didn’t have the proper tools to open the vehicles, so we just did what
we could,” Viera told the station. “It was hard to see this.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/5-dead-17-vehicle-texas-crash-man- charged-intoxication-manslaughter-rcna196557
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