Jorge Sifuentes, Rosales Perez and Erik Olivares Killed in SE Austin Three-Vehicle Crash on FM 812 near FM 973

Austin, Texas – Three people were killed Sunday night in a wrong-way crash in Southeast Austin, according to the Texas DPS.

The fatal crash happened just before 10:00 p.m., February 11, on FM 812, near the intersection with FM 973.

DPS said Jorge Luis Davila Sifuentes, 43, was driving a Dodge Ram on the wrong side of the highway when he crashed head-on into another Dodge Ram driven by Rosales Alvarez Perez, 46, and a Jeep.

Sifuentes and Perez, as well as Erik Francisco Olivares, who was in the passenger seat in Sifuentes’ car, were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Jeep driver was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with minor injuries.

The crash closed all lanes at FM 812 and FM 973 for several hours.

The DPS is investigating the crash.

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