Police in Austin, Texas arrested a suspect Friday following a 17-vehicle crash that left 5 people dead, including a child and an infant. Solomun Araya, 37, is now facing five counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault following the massive pileup late Thursday night in the North Austin area. Police said Araya is being held at the Travis County Jail. Austin-Travis County EMS previously said that several people were “pinned in their vehicles” following the wreck, which involved a semi-truck and also left 12 people injured. A police spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Araya was driving the truck. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Of the 12 people that were injured, three of them are children, officials said. The portion of I-35 southbound where the crash happened appeared to be closed Friday.
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