AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police have identified the driver and victim in a fatal crash in eastern Travis County on Saturday, Aug. 15.
Police said at approximately 10:57 p.m., officers responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 8500 block of FM 969. The preliminary investigation showed that the truck, a white Chevrolet Silverado, was traveling southbound on Decker Lane when the driver proceeded through the green light at Decker and 969 before losing control of the truck.
The truck crashed through thick underbrush and trees and knocked down a fence before coming to a stop, facing northbound. Witnesses on the scene assisted in getting the driver and passenger in the rear passenger's seat out of the truck, according to police.
The passenger on the rear driver's side, Alfonso Sanchez Angeles, was pronounced dead on the scene. Austin-Travis County EMS said the other passenger was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious, not expected to be life-threatening injuries. Police said that patient has since been released.
APD said the driver, Juan Manuel Aboyles-Garcia, was taken to an area hospital to be treated for his injuries. He was arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter and is currently in the Travis County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
The investigation into this crash is ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this case should call APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit detectives at 512-974-6873 or submit tips on APD's mobile app, Austin PD.
This is Austin's 52nd fatal crash of 2020, resulting in 57 traffic fatalities so far this year. At this time last year, there were 49 traffic fatalities.
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