APD identifies 88-year-old in fatal crash
The Austin Police Department identified a man who died following a three-vehicle crash March 17.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department identified a man who died following a three-vehicle crash March 17.
According to APD, officers responded to the crash at approximately 2 p.m. in the 900 block of South Interstate Highway 35 Service Road SB.
APD said one of the drivers, later identified as 88-year-old Joe Ildefonso Garcia, was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Police said all of the other people involved in the incident remained at the scene and were cooperating with the investigation.
APD said the incident was being investigated as Austin's 17th fatal crash of 2024, and the investigation was still pending.
Anyone with information was asked to contact APD's Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.