Crash alert: South Austin crash involving wrong-way driver kills 1, injures 2
AUSTIN, TX – Police say a wrong-way driver was involved in a fatal crash in South Austin Saturday morning, KVUE reports. Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene on West Ben White Boulevard in the vicinity of South First Street. Police said a Mercedes-Benz crashed into a Nissan Sentra sometime before 2:30 a.m., but did
Read MoreCrash alert: 3 injured, 1 critically, in accident on I-35 southbound in North Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Three people were injured, one critically, in a multi-vehicle crash in North Austin Monday morning. CBS Austin reports three vehicles were involved in the wreck in the southbound lanes of the 6200 block of N. I-35 at about 4:30 a.m. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene and found one person
Read MoreCrash alert: Driver charged with DWI after crash that injured Austin police officer
AUSTIN, TX – An alleged drunk driver was involved in a crash that sent an Austin police officer to the hospital early Monday morning, according to KXAN. The accident happened in the vicinity of East 15th Street and Trinity Street at about 1:15 a.m. The Austin Police Department said the on-duty officer was driving a
Read MoreCrash alert: Police searching for driver after man fatally struck in Austin parking lot
AUSTIN, TX – Police in Austin are investigating the death of a man reported to have been struck and killed by a vehicle in a parking lot last month, CBS Austin reports. The incident took place June 25 at a gas station at the 7-Eleven on West Parmer Lane near North Lamar Boulevard in north
Read MoreCrash alert: Accident on US 290 Highway Service Road leaves 1 dead
AUSTIN, TX – Paramedics were at the scene of a deadly crash on the West U.S. 290 Highway service road in south Austin on Wednesday afternoon. KXAN reports two vehicles were involved in the accident near the South Lamar Boulevard exit at about 4:15 p.m. One of the vehicles caught fire, according to Austin-Travis County
Read MoreCrash alert: Pedestrian dead after collision with vehicle near Austin airport
AUSTIN, TX – Police said a pedestrian was killed in a collision with a vehicle near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Tuesday morning. According to KXAN, police, rescue crews and firefighters responded to the scene after the incident was reported at about 11 a.m. The adult pedestrian was struck by the vehicle in the 7200 block of
Read MoreCrash alert: 4 injured, including child, in multi-vehicle wreck in SW Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted that it was on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash that left four people injured on Tuesday. The accident occurred in the area of State Highway 71 and Thomas Springs Road in southwest Austin shortly before 2 p.m. When rescue crews arrived, they had to extricate one person
Read MoreCrash alert: Multi-vehicle crash on West Ben White Boulevard kills 1, injures 2
AUSTIN, TX – Emergency crews were at the scene of a deadly multi-vehicle accident in South Austin early Saturday morning, KVUE reports. The accident involved four cars and took place on West Ben White Boulevard in the vicinity of South First Street at about 2:30 a.m. A call to 911 reported that a person had
Read MoreCrash alert: Driver killed when car crashes into guardrail on I-35 in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, TX – Georgetown police and emergency crews were at the scene of a deadly crash on Interstate 35 Wednesday morning. CBS Austin reports a woman was driving a Nissan on I-35 south of Williams Drive when the accident occurred sometime before 10:15 a.m. The car veered off the highway and crashed into a guardrail,
Read MoreCrash alert: Elderly driver dies after car crashes into tree in NW Austin
AUSTIN, TX – An elderly driver killed in a crash on Mesa Drive in Northwest Austin last week has been identified by police, CBS Austin reports. The victim was 82-year-old Margaret A. Brubeck, according to the Austin Police Department. Investigators determined that Brubeck was driving a Subaru Forester on June 17 at about 3 p.m.
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