Case:  23-3430375
 
Time:  5:51 a.m.
 
Date:  Saturday, December 9, 2023
 
Location:  8500 block of North Interstate Highway 35 Northbound

Deceased:  Sara Jo Gamond, White Female, DOB 08/25/1979

On Saturday, December 9, 2023, at approximately 5:51 a.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers responded to a crash between a pickup truck and a trailer-truck in the 8500 block of North Interstate Highway 35 Northbound. When officers arrived, they discovered that the driver of the pickup truck, later identified as Sara Jo Gamond, had died at the scene. The driver of the trailer truck remained on scene and is cooperating with the investigation.
 
This incident is being investigated as Austin's 84th fatal crash of 2023, resulting in 85 fatalities for the year. On the date of this crash in 2022, 104 fatal crashes resulted in 108 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.