Judge dismisses largest case in 2014 SXSW crash
A Travis County judge has dismissed a flurry of claims brought against South by Southwest, the city of Austin and other defendants from victims of a 2014 crash during the international music festival that killed four people and injured 20.
The suit — brought by six plaintiffs including those injured and family members of those who died — was the largest case arising from the incident in which Rashad Owens drove through barriers and plowed into festival-goers as they walked in a crowded street.
The suits had claimed festival organizers and other defendants were negligent, asserting they should have known Austin’s culture of partying endangered pedestrians strolling through downtown streets.
“SXSW has the deepest sympathy for the victims and all affected by Rashad Owens’s crimes,” SXSW attorney Peter D. Kennedy said in a statement Friday. “We appreciate the court’s attention to this matter, and we will continue to look to the judicial system to resolve the few remaining cases.”
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