79-year-old dies after single-vehicle crash
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department released the identity of a 79-year-old man who died after he was in a single-vehicle crash in south Austin last month.
APD said officers responded shortly after 10 a.m. on Friday, June 28 to a single-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of West Ben White Boulevard Service Road.
The driver, identified by APD as Gerald Farcus, 79, was transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.
This incident is being investigated as Austin’s 37th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 38 fatalities for the year.
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.