City of Austin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASERelease Date:
Case: 22-3520215
Time: 2:44 a.m.
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2022
Location: 500 E. Ben White Blvd. SVRD.
Deceased: Mark Narvaez, White male, 03/09/1999
Deceased: Unidentified female
Arrested: Roberto Rangel, White male, 51-years-old
On Sunday, December 18, 2022, at approximately 2:40 a.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a crash between a pick-up truck and a motorcycle in the 500 block of E. Ben White Boulevard SVRD. The driver of the truck, Roberto Rangel, failed to yield right of way while exiting a parking lot. As a result, a motorcyclist Mark Narvaez crashed into Rangel. Narvaez and a female passenger on the motorcycle with him died on the scene. Police arrested Rangel and charged him with two counts of Intoxication Manslaughter.
This incident is being investigated as Austin's 110th fatal crash of 2022, resulting in 116 fatalities for the year. On the date of this crash in 2021, there were 108 fatal crashes resulting in 117 deaths.
These statements are from the initial assessment of the fatal crash, and the investigation is still pending. Fatality information may change.