APD identifies woman killed following US 290 crash

Julianna Russ
·1 min read

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, the Austin Police Department identified a woman who died following a single-vehicle crash March 12 off US 290.

APD said officers responded to the crash at approximately 3:40 a.m. in the 9400 block of East US 290 Highway service road.

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Austin Police said the driver of the vehicle, 19-year-old Jennifer Guadalupe Manriquez-Ramirez, was taken to the hospital but later died on March 14.

According to APD, the incident was being investigated as Austin’s 14th fatal crash of 2024.

As of Friday, APD said the investigation was still pending.

Anyone with any information regarding the incident 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.

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