AUSTIN, Texas — A woman has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on the downtown Austin I-35 service road last Friday, police said.
Martha Maria Flores, 34, was identified as the suspect and booked into the Travis County Jail on Monday, June 15, according to the Austin Police Department.
According to online jail records, she faces a second-degree felony charge of accident involving death and is being held on a $50,000 bond.
The department identified the victim as Jonathan Hernandez, 33.
Hernandez was struck by a vehicle in the 600 block of North I-35 southbound service road at approximately 11:35 p.m. on June 12. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The suspect vehicle fled the scene.
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The crash was Austin’s 37th traffic fatality of 2026.