City of Austin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASERelease Date: Oct. 22, 2025
Case: 25-2921287
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Time: 7:24 p.m.
Location: 9500 block of South 1st Street
Deceased: Mario Esai Navarro, White male, 11/19/1990
On Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 7:24 p.m., Austin Police (APD) officers responded to a collision involving a motorcycle and a motor vehicle in the 9500 block of South 1st Street. The driver of the motorcycle, later identified as Mario Esai Navarro, was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased. The driver of the motor vehicle remained on the scene, was not impaired, and cooperated with the investigation.
This incident is being investigated as Austin’s 77th fatal crash of 2025, resulting in 81 fatalities. On the date of this crash in 2024, 72 fatal crashes resulted in 77 deaths. 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. A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for any information that leads to an arrest.