Crash alert: Motorcyclist dies after collision with vehicle in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – Police in Austin have released details regarding a deadly motorcycle accident last week, according to KXAN. The accident happened June 12 in the vicinity of Capitol of Texas Highway and Westbank Drive at about 8:15 a.m. Police said 35-year-old Joseph Cable Barnes was riding a motorcycle when he went through a red
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police identify pedestrian killed by 18-wheeler on Interstate 35
AUSTIN, TX – Police have identified a pedestrian struck and killed by an 18-wheeler on Interstate 35 earlier this month. In a news release, the Austin Police Department said the victim was 61-year-old Karen Everlena Barnes. Officers responded to the scene June 2 after Barnes was hit while crossing I-35 near Airport Boulevard at about
Read MoreCrash alert: Woman dead after car crashes into Travis County retention pond
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – Police say a Travis County woman died after a car crashed into a retention pond Wednesday night, reports KAXN. Bee Cave police officers responded to the scene at the Hill Country Galleria on Market Street shortly before 9 p.m. The car had plunged into the pond and ended up on its
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police officer involved in crash with truck
AUSTIN, TX – Minor injuries were reported after an on-duty Austin police officer in a patrol car collided with a white truck on Sunday night, according to KVUE. The crash occurred on South Pleasant Valley Road near Creek Bend Drive at about 11L40 p.m. Austin EMS and firefighting crews responded to the scene. The officer
Read MoreCrash alert: Police identify man killed in Austin pedestrian accident
AUSTIN, TX – The victim of a fatal pedestrian accident in Austin last month has been identified by police, according to KVUE. The man killed was 31-year-old Brian J. Box, police said. The crash happened May 18 on the I-35 southbound service road. Investigators said Box was standing in the road when he was hit
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 dead in collision between vehicle and bicycle in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a fatal collision in Austin on Saturday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS reported. Emergency crews responded to the scene in the 1300 block of S. Capital of Texas Highway northbound after the incident was reported at about 8:15 a.m. Medics pronounced one person dead at
Read MoreCrash alert: Crash on Ed Bluestein Boulevard in Austin kills 1, injures 2
AUSTIN, TX – Rescue crews responded to the scene of a deadly crash in northeast Austin Sunday morning. Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted that the accident happened near 7102-7242 Ed Bluestein Boulevard southbound sometime before 10:10 a.m. One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Another person, an adult, was extricated from a vehicle and transported
Read MoreCrash alert: 2 dead after vehicles collide on Toll Way 130 in Travis County
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – A collision between two vehicles on a state highway in Travis County Wednesday night left two people dead. According to CBS Austin, the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup was going south on Toll Way 130 in the area of Elroy Road when the accident happened shortly before midnight. Investigators said
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 injured in collision involving school bus in Travis County
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – Emergency crews and medics were at the scene of a collision involving a school bus in Travis County on Tuesday afternoon. According to a tweet from Austin-Travis County EMS, the incident happened in the area of Harold Green Road and South FM 973. One adult was taken to St. David’s South
Read MoreCrash alert: 4 injured, 2 critically, in collision at Travis County intersection
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – Officials said four people were injured, two critically, in a collision at an intersection in Travis County on Friday morning. KXAN reports two vehicles were involved in the crash in the vicinity of East Slaughter Lane and Vertex Boulevard, near Onion Creek Metropolitan Park at about 9:30 a.m. Medics transported two
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