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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) —
A fourth person has died of injuries suffered earlier this month when a suspected drunken driver drove into a crowd at the South By Southwest festival, police said Thursday.
Austin police tweeted that DeAndre Tatum, 18, died of injuries suffered March 13. Police spokeswoman Veneza Bremner confirmed the accuracy of the tweet but she said the department would have no further updates.
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Three freight trains collided in the Texas Panhandle before dawn Wednesday, derailing up to 30 cars and injuring four crewmembers including two critically. An eastbound BNSF Railway train rear-ended a stopped train, just east of Amarillo, then moments later a westbound train collided with the two-train wreck, according to the Department of Public Safety.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A board appointed by the state to manage the El Paso school district holds its first official meeting after taking over for the district's ousted board.
State Education Commissioner Michael Williams will attend Tuesday's meeting and swearing-in.
The five-member board can remain in place for up to two years. Williams has said the ouster of El Paso's elected school board was one of the harshest sanctions a district can face and was taken to restore public trust after a testing scandal. Several officials have resigned or been fired, and ex-superintendent Lorenzo Garcia is serving 3 years in prison for fraud.
Ousted board president Isela Castanon-Williams said ousting elected officials is a "very dangerous precedent."
Four of the seven seats at the board of trustees are up for election Saturday.