The fatal collision happened around 9:54 p.m. on May 3 in the 2700 block of S. Lamar Boulevard just north of Manchaca Road.
Austin, TX – A 2-year-old was killed Sunday night in a DWI collision in South Austin, according to the police.
The fatal collision happened around 9:54 p.m. on May 3 in the 2700 block of S. Lamar Boulevard just north of Manchaca Road.
Police said a pickup truck and an SUV were involved in the collision.
Two passengers in the SUV were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, where one of them, identified as 2-year-old Abbi Sofia Romero Aular, later died.
The pickup truck driver, Keegan C. Shirley, 30, was arrested at the scene and was facing charges of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury. He was being held on a cumulative $150,000 bond.
Other people involved in the collision sustained minor injuries.
The Austin Police Department’s Vehicular Homicide Unit is investigating the collision. Anyone with any information about the collision is asked to contact APD’s Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through Capital Area Crime Stoppers at austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477.
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