Police: 2 Dead After Car Runs Through Crowd at SXSW

The reverie of SXSW in Austin, Texas, was violently interrupted at about 12:30 a.m. local time on Thursday morning when a car drove through a crowd outside several nightclubs

Two people were killed and 23 were injured, five of them critically, according to Mashable‘s Brian Hernandez, who arrived on the scene just before a press conference.

Here’s what Hernandez saw when he arrived at the scene at 9th and Red River streets for the press conference, which started at about 2:30 a.m. CT:

Sad #sxsw news: I’m on scene near the crash at 10th and Red River. Reportedly 2 dead, 23 injured. Press conf soon pic.twitter.com/AbSbw8ru2y

— Brian A. Hernandez (@BAHjournalist) March 13, 2014 Read more…

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