SXSW Issues Statements, ER Speaks About Victims

Update 3/14 10 a.m. Eastern: The Austin-American Statesman reports that the second deceased person was 27-year-old Austin resident Jamie Ranae West, who was riding on the back of a moped driven.

The names of all of the injured can be found here.

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SXSW has issued statements about the hit-and-run that occurred around 12:30 a.m. today. The accident has left two dead and 23 people injured including five in critical condition. The car was reportedly stolen. Also University Medical Center Brackenridge's ER Medical Director Dr. Chris Ziebell spoke about the eight victims that are still in the hospital and the driver who caused this.

The name of the driver has not been released yet. One of the victims that died was identified as Steven Craenmehr by MassiveMusic on Facebook. He was the creative director of MassiveMusic, a music agency. 15 of the 23 people hospitalized had been released, according to CNN.

You can watch Dr. Ziebell above and read SXSW's statements below.

A statement from SXSW reads:

Our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by the tragic accident that took place last night here in Austin.

We appreciate and commend the first responders, as well as the city agencies who so quickly sprung into action.

We will be making schedule and venue changes for programming in the surrounding area of last night’s events. All other programming will continue as previously scheduled.

Please watch this website and twitter.com/sxsw for updates throughout the day.

A statement from SXSW Managing Director Roland Swenson reads:

The SXSW staff is stunned and deeply moved by the events of last night.

Dozens of us were on the scene when the incident occurred and we worked closely with APD to create a perimeter around the area, turning back all the visitors spilling out of the clubs who headed north on Red River Street.

To avoid confusion we plan to carry on with our scheduled daytime events at the Austin Convention Center in order to serve our tens of thousands of participants during this tragic time.

All of the SXSW staff and volunteers reported for their regular duties this morning and will continue working today on the event.

We are contacting all of the venues to find out if they have made any decisions about their operations that might impact our visitors.

Despite all of our preparations for dealing with a major incident during SXSW, nothing could really prepare us for how this feels. As much as we would like to just go home and spend time absorbing the shock of this horrific event, we feel our best use is to continue to operate today.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and with the families of the fatalities.