Solomun Weldekeal Araya, 37, was charged in connection to a major crash that left 5 people dead, including two children, and injured a dozen others.

A man was charged Friday with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved over a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35, authorities said.

Authorities on Friday announced that the driver of a tractor-trailer that was involved in a deadly 17-vehicle crash has been charged with manslaughter. In a statement, the Austin Police Department said Solomun Weldekeal Araya has been arrested for his role in the Interstate-35 crash that killed at least five people late Thursday night in Austin,