Crash in downtown Austin kills elderly man: APD

AUSTIN, Texas - A driver is dead after a three-vehicle crash on the I-35 service road downtown, according to Austin police.

On Sunday, March 17, around 1:57 p.m., Austin police responded to a three-vehicle crash in the 900 block of South I-35 southbound service road.

The driver of one of the vehicles, 88-year-old Joe Ildefonso Garcia, was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

All others involved in the crash refused transport to the hospital, remained on scene and are cooperating with the investigation.

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Anyone with information on this case should contact APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at austincrimestoppers.org, or call 512-472-8477.