Deadly I-35 Crash: APD Chief supports the first decision on poisoning costs

Austin, Texas – – A truck driver who was accused of causing a fatal frequency on the I-35 in March was charged with gassing mowers and poisoning attacks, but the laboratory results later showed that it was sober.

The chief of police from Austin said she supported the first decision of her investigators about charges who are involved in poisoning.

Examination of the fatal crash with several vehicles on I-35

What you say:

“The point and the fact do not change that this was the man behind the bike who drove this car,” said Austin's police chief, Lisa Davis.

Solomun Weldekeal-Araya drove a semi-trick when the police said that he had plowed into the cars when the streets were reduced from three to one. Five people were killed and almost a dozen more injured.

During the field of sobriety tests, the Austin police said that Weldekeal-Araya fluctuated uncontrollable eye movements, had not completely completed the hiking and corner or one leg stand tests and seemed to be very quiet and indifferent, which seemed unusual under the circumstances.

Later, when Weldekeal-Araya was in the hospital, another police officer from Austin said: “He watched the beginning of Nystagmus, and he seemed to be sleepy.”

Court documents said that the two officials believed that Weldekeal-Araya was under the influence of depression of the central nervous system.

“In the way APD does when you have the horizontal look and this and the officer who looks at it and carries out performance measures, a second officer has to check whether the indictment is presented. A second officer has verified, and so the charges were raised,” said Chief Davis.

Weldekeal-Araya was arrested and accused of five counts of the poisoning and two attacks in poisoning.

“It is not unusual if you receive a dui order and there is no alcohols, or it shows negative for alcohol to fulfill these charges and see what the laboratory results are,” said Chief Davis.

The laboratory results came back and they showed neither alcohol nor drugs in the Weldekeal-Arayas system.

At the end of the last month, a judge reduced his bond of more than one million dollars to $ 7,000 after his lawyer argued that it did not have a probable reason for this charge.

Weldekeal-Araya was released this month. He is not allowed to drive a commercial vehicle and has to carry out random drug tests.

“I have no problem with the examination. The examination continues,” said Chief Davis.

What's next:

APD said your vehicle murder unit is working with the Travis County public prosecutor to determine specific fees.

The Weldekeal-Araya lawyer will check in at the public prosecutor next month.

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