Crash 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: 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: Pickup truck driver dies in crash on U.S. 183 northbound ramp
AUSTIN, TX – The driver of a pickup truck died after his vehicle was involved in a crash on a highway ramp in North Austin Wednesday morning, according to KVUE. The accident happened on U.S. 183 near the northbound flyover that intersects with North MoPac Expressway shortly before 9 a.m. Reports said the pickup collided
Read MoreCrash alert: Head-on crash between pickups in Manor sends 2 students to hospital
MANOR, TX – A head-on collision in Manor early Tuesday morning sent two students to the hospital, according to KXAN. The accident involving two pickup trucks took place on FM 973 near the intersection with U.S. Highway 290 at about 2 a.m. Seven students from the Manor Independent School District were in the pickup that
Read MoreCrash alert: Multi-vehicle wreck on I-35 in Austin kills 1, injures 5
AUSTIN, TX – One man died and five other people were hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 35 in Austin early Saturday morning. According to CBS Austin, police believe a driver was going south in the northbound lanes of I-35 near Barbara Jordan Boulevard when the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. That driver crashed
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 killed, 1 injured in wreck that shut down I-35 in north Austin
AUSTIN, TX – One person was killed and another was severely injured in a collision on Interstate 35 in north Austin Wednesday morning, police said. According to CBS Austin, a pickup truck slammed into a semi-truck on I-35 north near 51st Street at about 2:45 a.m. The pickup went underneath the semi-truck, with two people
Read MoreCrash alert: Pedestrian dead after being struck by trooper’s vehicle in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A pedestrian died after being struck by the vehicle of a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Thursday morning, according to KXAN. A DPS spokesman said the man was lying in the road for unknown reasons in the area of West 13th Street and Colorado Street near the State Capitol building. The
Read MoreCollision reported on Parmer Lane near Bellingham Drive
AUSTIN, TX – According to the City of Austin, a collision has taken place on Parmer Lane near Bellingham Drive. The incident was reported at around 12:16 p.m. this afternoon. The Travis County Sheriff’s office responded. It is unclear if anyone was injured. However, this blog will be updated if new details emerge. At Funk
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