A third person has died as a result of a motorist plowing his car into crowds of people outside of nightclubs, bars and restaurants last week at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, officials said on Monday, The Washington Post reported.
Sandy Thuy Le, 26, died on Monday surrounded by her family, relatives said, according to the Post. She was one of the five people listed in critical condition after the incident last Thursday.
One of those victims remains in critical condition and another is in serious condition, police said, the Post reported.
Rashad Charjuan Owens, 21, from Killeen, Texas, has been charged with murder for the incident that killed two and left nearly two dozen people injured, according to the Post.
Police said Owens fled from a sobriety checkpoint smashed through a police barricade and then plowed down people, some of them lined up outside a nightclub, as he sped through several city blocks, the Post reported.
The suspect, Owens, was being held on a $3 million bond, the Post reported. His lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
The two other people killed were Jamie West, 27, from Austin and Steven Craenmehr, 35, of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, according to the Post.
Le was an organ and tissue donor and some of her organs were harvested, family members said, the Post reported. Le's brother-in-law described her as someone who was quirky and full of life.
"She lived in this whimsy that almost made you jealous. She was a very carefree and nonchalant person with a definitely giving spirit, and she was very selfless," Stuart Gates of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, told reporters, according to the Post.
Le, a native of Mississippi, attended both the University of Southern Mississippi and Mississippi State University, the Post reported. She moved to Austin and planned to go back to school there, her brother-in-law said.
SXSW, which ran from March 7 to 16, began as a music event in 1987, according to the Post. It features technology conferences, a film festival and music shows that draw tens of thousands of people to the Texas capital annually.
