Traffic Fatality in the 8700 block of E Highway 290 WB
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Case: 24-0750389
Time: 6:16 a.m.
Date: Friday, March 15,2024
Location: 8700 E Highway 290 WB
Deceased: Jacoby Dywayne Larue Mahome, Black male, 10/11/1993
On Friday, March 15,2024, at approximately 6:16 a.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a single vehicle crash in the 8700 block of E Highway 290 WB. The driver, Jacoby Dywayne Larue Mahome, was pronounced deceased on the scene. The passenger was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This incident is being investigated as Austin’s 16th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 16 fatalities for the year. On the date of this crash in 2023, 22 fatal crashes resulted in 22 fatalities.
These statements are from the initial assessment of the fatal crash, and the investigation is still pending. Fatality information may change.
Anyone with any information should contact APD’s Vehicular Homicide unit at 512-974-8111. You may submit your tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program by visiting austincrimestoppers.org or calling 512-472-8477.
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