Bond reduced for driver arrested following deadly I-35 crash in north Austin

Astin-Truck driver’s links last month in relation to fatal accumulation 18 cars on I-35 in North Austin fell to $ 1,000 per charge, according to court records on the Internet.

The accident was killed five people and 11 others were injured, according to APD.

Solomun Weldekel-Araaya, 37, is still facing seven DWI criminal charges, which came after field sobriety and APD drug recognition tests in the initial investigation. But after weeks, a poison report found that he had no alcohol or drugs tested in his system.

Officials are studying the following of a deadly crash on I-35 south near Parmer Lynn on Friday, March 14, 2025 (the photo is courtesy, Jay Junner/Austin American))

Shortly later, his lawyer Bristol Maires requested that Bond Araa to be broken and that he was released from prison for one dollar for each fee. He was originally detained at $ 200,000 per six unintelled murder fees and $ 100,000 for the charge of assaulting poisoning, according to court records on the Internet.

According to the records of the Travis Provincial Court itself, its bond was reduced on Tuesday to $ 1,000 per fees, and the terms of the bonds were modified to include the following:

  • GPS monitoring without curfew and there are no exclusion areas
  • Using an ignition agency
  • Supervision before the trial
  • There is no operation for a commercial car

The courts came to this agreement on the day before the bond session to discuss the matter.

Myers said last month that there was “no possible case”, after Wildkeel Araia accused of being under the effect at the time of the accident.

Weldekeal-Araaya pulled the Amazon load when the accident occurred. Amazon confirms that he is not an Amazon employee, but he worked for an independent truck transport company that shrinks with it.

In addition to criminal charges, there are currently four active lawsuits related to this case on behalf of those who were killed and wounded.

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