Five people are dead after a collision involving multiple vehicles and a semi-truck occurred Thursday night in Texas.

Authorities say the cause of a 17-vehicle crash in Austin, Texas is currently under investigation. An infant and child are among the deceased.

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 crash on state Highway 24 in Orinda Friday morning killed at least one person and shut down lanes of traffic, the California Highway Patrol said.

Authorities are responding to a fatal multi-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 880 in Milpitas early Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Several lanes remain blocked. CHP responded to a report of the crash on southbound I-880 at Great Mall Parkway around 4 a.

A crash involving a motorcycle shut down outbound lanes on the Stevenson Expressway early Friday morning. Just before 2 a.m., Illinois State Police said a motorcyclist stopped in the middle lane and exited the vehicle just south of Damen Avenue.

An 18-year-old woman is facing manslaughter offenses after Farmington police say they determined her to be at fault for a fatal August crash. The charges stem from the afternoon of Aug. 20, when police responded to a serious crash involving two motorcycles and a vehicle on Waterville Road/Route 10,