North Las Vegas man surrenders after fatal Texas crash
A North Las Vegas man was taken into custody Friday on a first-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal crash in Texas, according to the New Braunfels Police Department.
About 10:30 a.m. Friday, 26-year old Austin Taylor Meade was taken into custody without incident when he turned himself in to the Austin Police Department.
According to the New Braunfels Police Department’s website, officers were notified by a company in San Antonio on Wednesday that one of its work trucks had been stolen and that it had been tracked to an apartment complex in New Braunfels.
When officers arrived, Meade fled the apartment complex parking lot at “a high rate of speed,” the website said. He is accused of running a stop sign and colliding with a silver Ford Edge, killing 39-year-old New Braunfels resident Amber Rachelle Williams.
Police said he fled to a nearby park, where he flagged down a vehicle and asked for a ride.
The female driver gave him a ride to her home. Police said he threatened the woman with a kitchen knife in her home, took the keys to her vehicle and fled in her car.
His bond has been set at $1 million.
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