AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police have identified the victim and the driver involved in an accident that sent their vehicle careening nearly 30 feet off of a southwest Austin overpass last Tuesday.

The preliminary investigation shows that a 2003 Ford Ranger, traveling eastbound, was crossing an icy bridge, in the 1500 block of W. Slaughter Lane.

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The driver, identified as 59-year-old Kenneth Odeal Craig, lost control from the middle lane and veered to his right, resulting in the vehicle jumping over the south curb and rolling over a guardrail/chain link fence, falling to the ground.

At 5:36 p.m., passenger Eva Marie Gonzales was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Craig was taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

This case is still being investigated. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the APD Vehicular Homicide Unit Detectives at 512-974-5594. You can also submit tips by downloading APD’s mobile app, Austin PD, for free on iPhone and Android.

This is Austin’s second fatal traffic crash of 2018, resulting in three fatalities this year.

At this time in 2017, there were five fatal traffic crashes and five traffic fatalities