Solomun Weldekeal Araya, an 18-wheeler driver who was arrested and is facing intoxication charges after a North Austin crash that claimed five lives, including a four-year-old and an infant, was a contract driver for Amazon on a work visa from Ethiopia.
He was transporting items from an out-of-state warehouse. He is not a Texas resident, and his CDL was not issued by Texas.
The mainstream media is focusing on possible bad “work zone conditions” instead of the driver himself.
A few days ago, I promised I would drop a thread on all of our findings. We investigated the LLC he works for and found information that the MSM has either not investigated or is refusing to report on.
Read on for my full report on my findings. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may want to look into this 👇
Included is the HEAVILY redacted Austin Police Report.
According to the eye-witness reports that I will attach in this thread, Araya approached the nearly dead-stop traffic and never slowed down, plowing through 17 vehicles. It was the vehicles themselves that finally forced the 18-wheeler to come to a stop.
He is currently charged with seven counts of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle. Until the toxicology report returns, Araya will be labeled under intoxication by sleep deprivation due to the fact that he blew a zero when tested for alcohol.
Solomun Weldekeal-Araya worked for an LLC called ZBN Transport. According to records, there are two inspection dates for ZBN. A truck was inspected in NM on 1/14/25 as ZBN. The next day it was inspected in Texas as Bay Area Lines LLC.
I spoke with a professional in the trucking world. He stated that this is not unusual, however, “day to day companies swapping is very concerning”
According to Court Dockets, Araya was set for a court day just one week from the tragic incident that took 5 lives. Previously, Araya had received a ticket for going 63 in a 30. A violation that could have cost him his CDL. If he had been restricted from driving, this tragedy could have been prevented from his reckless driving.
Araya has only had his LICENSE FOR FOUR MONTHS.
Very strange. (Could be considered a data entry error or something else), according to inventory, two of the vehicles, built in a different year, have the same exact VIN number.
Here is where things take an even stranger turn. According to the Texas Secretary of State Website, this is ZBN LLC’s physical address.
9180 Forest Ln. APT. 202.
Dallas, Tx. 75243.
Which leads us back to an apartment complex in Dallas. Millennium Dallas apartments.
When searching related companies associated with the exact same address, we found nearly a dozen more transportation LLCs operating from the exact same address! They each had different apartment numbers. Here are just 4 of the pages I printed out for my records. It is now clear that this entire apartment building is part of a larger operation.
Here are more clean screenshots.
We then searched for the owner of the apartment building. As it turns out, the entire apartment building is owned by an LLC that is registered in TX to a FL company.
We then decided to research Araya’s address we were able to find by doing a background check. His background held very little information aside from his address.
Shocking! His address belongs to an LLC in California. unfortunately, you cannot see who owns the address in California because it is registered under multiple LLCs.
According to a source who has provided me information regarding immigrants who have claimed asylum under the Biden administration, they stated that a majority of them were given the same birthday of 1/1/?
I searched Araya’s birthday and sure enough, his birthdate according to his record is 1/1/88.
Affidavit warrant of arrest -
APD Officer Solomon was the first officer to arrive on the scene. Officer Solomon was approached by a witness and told that one of the drivers was trying to leave. The witness pointed to the yellow Volvo.
Officer Solomon approached the yellow Volvo and observed a male hiding in the personal cabin area of the truck, peeking his head out from the curtains. Officer Solomon gave commands to the individual to exit the yellow Volvo and detained him. The individual was identified as:
Weldekeal Araya, Solomun B/M 01/01/1988
Officer Solomon brought Mr. Weldekeal Araya to the staging area for medical treatment. APD Officer Seweryn, who is trained as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and a member of APD's Impaired Driving Investigation Unit, spoke with Mr. Weldekeal Araya. Mr. Weldekeal Araya primarily spoke Tigrinya, but also understood and spoke English.
Throughout the interaction with the APD officers on the scene, Mr. Weldckcal Araya appeared very calm and indifferent to what happened, which given the circumstances of the collision could be considered unusual. Following the SFSTs and additional field sobriety tests, Officer Seweryn determined that, due to the introduction of a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, or a combination thereof into Mr. Weldekeal Araya's system, Mr. Weldekeal Araya did not have the normal use of mental and physical faculties to operate a motor vehicle safely. Therefore, Mr. Weldekeal Araya was placed under arrest for Driving While Intoxicated.
Affidavit warrant of arrest continued …
We have obtained the Austin Police Report. I fully understand the importance of redacting victim information. However, this extends well past that. It is clear that Araya is being protected by a woke PD and woke Biden-appointed NTSB Vice Chairman Alvin Brown.
Redacted Police Report part 2.
Redacted Police Report part 2.
I have reached out to ZBN LLC For comment. They have not responded.
I also sent my own investigator to the site of the apartment complex owned by ZBN LLC. There were no big rigs on site. Most residents were of Latino decent. Mostly Texas plates, with a few Florida plates scattered throughout.
I will attach my other posts regarding his matter in this thread. The MSM will not begin investigating the LLC or ask questions about a clear operation in Dallas. Instead, they’re redirecting their focus to the construction on the highway.
Two lawsuits, including one seeking $100 million, have been filed in deadly I-35 crash in Austin. I have a copy of this suit but will not share out of respect for the survivor’s privacy.
Please make sure to follow @FFAFamily. She helped with a lot of this research.
And yes, we have been working on this
throughout the entire Harry Sisson and Camil Maroun investigation because we are animals who don’t enjoy sleep.
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