Crash alert: Man facing DWI charge following fatal pedestrian crash in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Police in Austin have made an arrest following a deadly crash involving a pedestrian, Fox 7 Austin reports. Officers responded to the incident May 22 in the 7300 block of McNeil Drive in Northwest Austin at about 8:40 p.m. A 66-year-old male pedestrian was hit by a Chevrolet Impala. Police say the
Read MoreCrash alert: Driver flees scene after car crashes at historic Austin cemetery
AUSTIN, TX – Authorities said a driver fled the scene after a car crash at a cemetery in east Austin Tuesday morning, according to KXAN. The accident happened at the Oakwood Cemetery in the area of East 14th Street and St. Bernard Street. The car slammed into a fence and caused damage to some headstones
Read MoreCrash alert: Pedestrian injured after being struck by hit-and-run driver in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Police say a driver left the scene after a crash in Southeast Austin that left a pedestrian seriously injured. CBS Austin reports the incident happened in the area of South U.S. Highway 183 and Burleson Road shortly before midnight on Friday. The Austin Police Department said the 40-year-old pedestrian was trying to
Read MoreCrash alert: Child killed, 4 other people hospitalized in Travis County collision
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – Emergency crews were at the scene of a crash in Travis County early Sunday that claimed the life of a child, reports KXAN. Austin-Travis County EMS said six vehicles were involved in the accident in Manor, in the 10000 block of State Highway 130 north near the Parmer Lane exit. Rescue
Read MoreCrash alert: 2 drivers hurt, road closed after truck and car crash in Round Rock
ROUND ROCK, TX – Police say two drivers were injured when an 18-wheeler and a car collided in Round Rock early Thursday morning, according to KXAN. The crash happened in the vicinity of Hesters Crossing Road and the southbound Interstate 35 frontage road near the Hesters Crossing Shopping Center, and was reported at about 1:50
Read MoreCrash alert: Police arrest driver following fatal multi-vehicle crash in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A driver was arrested after a passenger in her car was killed in a crash on Dessau Road in Austin on Monday afternoon, according to KXAN. This is an update to a previous story. Police said 36-year-old Octavia Antoinette Scales was driving a Toyota Corolla when she caused a crash that involved
Read MoreCrash alert: 3 injured in multi-vehicle crash on Dessau Road in north Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Three people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash that slowed down traffic in north Austin on Monday afternoon. According to KXAN, the wreck occurred on Dessau Road in the vicinity of East Parmer Lane sometime before 1:51 p.m. Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene and found one person pinned in their
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police identify pedestrian who died in I-35 crash
AUSTIN, TX – A pedestrian who died after being struck by a car in Austin last week has been identified by police, according to KTBC. The victim of the May 11 accident was 28-year-old Michael Elton Holt, the Austin Police Department said. An investigation determined that Holt was struck by a Nissan Rogue at about
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 hospitalized after multi-vehicle collision on State Highway 71
AUSTIN, TX – Austin-Travis County EMS reports it was at the scene of a three-vehicle crash near Bee Cave on Saturday morning. The incident happened in the 12400 block of State Highway 71 and was reported at about 11:30 a.m. Medics and local fire crews responded to the accident and rescued one person who was
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 person critically injured in auto vs. pedestrian crash in south Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted that it was at the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian Tuesday night that left one person hospitalized. The incident happened in the area of East Mockingbird Lane and South Congress Avenue in south Austin, where medics responded at about 8:49 p.m. A trauma
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