AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family and friends of a teenager killed in a street racing crash last week held a benefit in his honor on Saturday.
Fabian Morales, 18, died after a crash in the 7500 block of
Bluff Springs Road in southeast Austin.
The Austin Police Department said that a car and a truck were racing at the time, with the car further ahead.
It made a wide right turn into a driveway, the starting
point for the race, but the truck hit the car on the driver’s side. The car
went into oncoming
traffic before ultimately coming to rest on a light pole.
Morales was taken to the hospital where he later died. The other driver, Jorge Luis Lopez-Dominguez, has been charged with two second-degree felonies, racing on a highway and failure to stop and render aid.
On Saturday, Morales’ family held a benefit to help cover funeral
expenses.
They gathered at Estrada’s Cleaners on East 7th
Street where they sold plates of food.
Last week, they held a vigil at the scene of the crash, with
dozens of cars lining the street and at least 100 people bringing candles and
flowers.
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