AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was arrested in connection with a Monday evening single-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a passenger, according to an Austin Police Department arrest affidavit.
The suspect and driver of the vehicle, Leo Anthony Carreto-Lopez, 19, was charged with intoxication manslaughter, police said.
KXAN has reached out to an attorney listed for Carreto-Lopez for a statement.
Medics responded to a crash in the 10900 block of South Interstate 35 Monday, according to a tweet from Austin-Travis County EMS.
According to ATCEMS, a vehicle struck a tree and caught fire. The vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed before leaving the road and driving onto a grassy median for an unknown reason, the affidavit said. The fire was extinguished, and medics began CPR on a patient that was removed from the vehicle.
In another tweet, ACTEMS said a man died and two other people were evaluated for their injuries. Those two people had minor injuries and refused transportation by EMS.
As of Thursday, Carreto-Lopez was held on a $75,000 bond in the Travis County jail, the affidavit said. The passenger in the vehicle has not been identified by officials.
The Austin Fire Department also responded to the call.
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