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Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 4:18 PM

HANDOUT/Reuters Rashad Owens, 21, is jailed in lieu of $3 million bond and is charged with capital murder — and likely faces more charges in the alleged drunken driving wreck.

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 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.

Jay Janner/AP The crowd scatters seconds after several pedestrians were struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, during SXSW on Thursday,March 13, 2014. Two people died on scene while two others died later in area hospitals.

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

No new murder charges were listed, though more could be added later.

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