South By Southwest Crash Claims Third Victim
A third person has died as a result of a motorist plowing his car into crowds of people outside of nightclubs, bars and restaurants last week at the South by
Southwest festival in Austin, officials said on Monday, The Washington Post reported.
Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died on Monday surrounded by her family, relatives said, according to the Post. She was one of the five people listed in critical
condition after the incident last Thursday.
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One of those victims remains in critical condition and another is in serious condition, police said, the Post reported.
Rashad Charjuan Owens, 21, from Killeen, Texas, has been charged with murder for the incident that killed two and left nearly two dozen people injured,
according to the Post.
Police said Owens fled from a sobriety checkpoint smashed through a police barricade and then plowed down people, some of them lined up outside a nightclub,
as he sped through several city blocks, the Post reported.
The suspect, Owens, was being held on a $3 million bond, the Post reported. His lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
The two other people killed were Jamie West, 27, from Austin and Steven Craenmehr, 35, of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, according to the Post.
Le was an organ and tissue donor and some of her organs were harvested, family members said, the Post reported. Le's brother-in-law described her as someone
who was quirky and full of life.
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