AUSTIN, Texas — A man has been arrested on DWI charges after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian in southeast Austin on Sunday morning.
According to the Austin Police Department, officers responded to the crash in the 2000 block of E. Riverside Drive around 6:49 a.m. on Dec. 15.
The pedestrian, later identified as 47-year-old Juan Melesio, was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver, 30-year-old Ali-Mbemba Kembilu, was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated.
The incident is being investigated as Austin’s 88th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 94 deaths. On the date of this crash in 2023, 87 fatal crashes resulted in 90 deaths.
The investigation is ongoing, APD said. Anyone with any information is asked to contact police at 512-974-9111 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 512-472-8477 or by visiting austincrimestoppers.org.
