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9 remain hospitalized, 2 critical, after deadly crash at South By Southwest festival

People are treated after being struck by a vehicle early Thursday morning in downtown Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest festival. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)
A patient is carried away after being struck by a vehicle early Thursday morning in Austin, Texas, during the South By Southwest festival. Police say two people were confirmed dead at the scene after a car drove through temporary barricades and struck a crowd of pedestrians. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)
A bystander and a police officer tend to a man who was struck by a vehicle early Thursday morning in Austin, Texas, at the South By Southwest festival. A man and woman were killed after a suspected drunken driver fleeing from arrest crashed through barricades and struck the pair and others on a crowded street. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner)
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March 14, 2014 - 12:47 pm
 

AUSTIN, Texas — Nine people remain hospitalized, including two in critical condition, after a suspected drunken driver plowed into a South By Southwest festival crowd in Austin, leaving two people dead.

Police say most of the 23 injured people were treated and released following the crash early Thursday on a downtown Austin block filled with concertgoers

Jail records show the driver, identified as 21-year-old Rashad Charjuan Owens, remained in custody Friday pending formal charges. Police have said they believe Owens was driving drunk. Toxicology test results are pending.

A spokesman for University Medical Center Brackenridge on Friday said two patients were critical, another is serious, another is in fair condition and two patients are in good condition. St. David’s HealthCare had three victims in fair condition.

Further details on the patients weren’t released.

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