AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police have identified the man killed in an early-morning crash near U.S. Highway 290 and Samson Road in northeast Austin.
At 5:18 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) said that initial reporters were of a single-vehicle involved in a crash, with one patient ejected from the vehicle, on the East U.S. 290 westbound service road.
Medics issued CPR to the patient, but at 5:43 a.m., ATCEMS said that medics had pronounced a man in his 30s dead on the scene.
Police identified the person Thursday as Damir Herrera Perez, 31.
Police said Perez was traveling eastbound in the 8200 block of E. US 290 at a high rate of speed when he crashed into a concrete pillar for an unknown reason.
Austin police said at 6:13 a.m. that the 8100 block of the E. U.S. 290 eastbound service road was closed due to the investigation into this crash. Drivers were encouraged to avoid the area. The roadway was reopened around 11 a.m.
No other information is available at this time.
If you have any information regarding this crash, call APD’s Vehicular Homicide Unit at (512) 974-5594. You can also submit tips by downloading Austin PD’s free mobile app on iPhone and Android.
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