Austin police ID driver who died from injuries in wrong-way crash on I-35

A man who died in a crash after going the wrong way on Interstate 35 South last month has been identified as 24-year-old Carlos Asteven Alvarez-Recarte, Austin police said.

Alvarez-Recarte was driving a silver 2004 Dodge Durango on Sept. 22, heading south on the highway's northbound lanes in the 9900 block, just south of Slaughter Lane, where he crashed into a light pole around 3:56 a.m., police said.

Alvarez-Recarte and a passenger in the vehicle were taken to a hospital. Alvarez-Recarte died Oct. 4 from his injuries in the crash, police said.

Anyone with more information about the crash can call police at 512-974-4424.