Lawsuits Filed Over Fatal Austin Festival Crash

The initial wave of victim lawsuits since four people died at the South by Southwest music festival accuse organizers of safety lapses after a driver struck a crowd of concertgoers. The lawsuits filed Thursday in San Antonio are the first since the March crash that also injured nearly two dozen people. Since the crash, organizers of the once-obscure Austin festival have faced questions over how they have managed the event’s transformation into an international extravaganza.