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Driver faces 20 new aggravated assault charges in deadly South by Southwest crash in Texas

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FILE - In this March 12, 2014, file photo, paramedics transport a person who was struck by a car on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest music festival. Jail documents posted online Tuesday, April 1, 2014, show that Rashad Owens, already charged with murder is facing 20 new charges of aggravated assault. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Jay Janner, File) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM; MAGS OUT.

AUSTIN, Texas – A driver already charged with murder is facing 20 new charges of aggravated assault after he plowed into a crowd during the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.

Jail documents posted online Tuesday list the additional charges against 21-year-old Rashad Owens. An arrest report says Owens accelerated through a crowd, killing four people dead, including a Dutch bicyclist, and leaving 17 injured.

He has already been charged with one count of capital murder in the March 13 incident.

Police say Owens was fleeing a patrolman and driving down a street that was closed for the music festival when the crash happened.

Each new charge is punishable by 99 years in prison. Owens is in jail with bail set at $3 million.

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