Crash 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
Read MoreCrash alert: Person fatally struck by vehicle on I-35 frontage road in North Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A crash in North Austin Tuesday night left one person dead and caused road closures in the area, KVUE reports. The incident began when two vehicles got into a collision on the Interstate 35 northbound frontage road near Braker Lane sometime before 8:45 p.m. One person got out of one of the
Read MoreCrash alert: Crash on Research Boulevard in NW Austin kills 1, injures 3
AUSTIN, TX – Police and first responders were at the scene of a fatal crash in Northwest Austin early Sunday morning, CBS Austin reported. The accident happened in the 9400 block of Research Boulevard at the intersection with Texas 360 sometime before 3 a.m. Four patients were transported by Austin-Travis County EMS to St. David’s
Read MoreCrash alert: Man sentenced for fatal 2020 car crash in east Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A man has been sentenced in connection with a crash in east Austin last year that killed a passenger in his vehicle, reports KXAN. 27-year-old Juan Manuel Aboyles-Garcia pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide in the August 15, 2020 accident on FM 969 near Decker Lane. He was sentenced to three years
Read MoreCrash alert: Police identify pedestrian killed in Austin hit-and-run crash
AUSTIN, TX – A man who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Austin last month has been identified by police, KXAN reports. This is an update to a previous story. The Austin Police Department asid the pedestrian killed was 62-year-old Calvin Ray Dukes. Investigators said Dukes was experiencing homelessness and was pushing a
Read MoreCrash alert: Motorcyclist dies after colliding with truck in Williamson County
TAYLOR, TX – A collision in Williamson County Monday night claimed the life of a 38-year-old motorcycle rider, reports KXAN. The accident happened in the area of West 2nd Street and FM 3349 in Taylor at about 9 p.m. Police said the motorcyclist, identified as Jacob Shelp of Elgin, was riding east on West 2nd
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police identify driver who died after crashing into pillar
AUSTIN, TX – Austin police have identified the man killed when his pickup truck crashed into a concrete pillar Saturday morning. The victim was 24-year-old William Hernandez, police said in a news release. He was driving a 2012 Dodge Ram when he struck the pillar in the 500 block of Anderson Lane Frontage Road WB
Read MoreCrash alert: Vehicle crashes into pole in North Austin, leaving 1 person critically injured
AUSTIN, TX – Emergency crews rushed a person to the hospital following an accident in North Austin on Friday night. According to CBS Austin, a vehicle collided with a pole in the 8900 block of Research Boulevard Service Road northbound at about 7:50 p.m. Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene and performed life-saving measures
Read MoreCrash alert: Victim identified in deadly multi-vehicle crash on I-35
AUSTIN, TX – Police in Austin have released additional information regarding a deadly crash last weekend on Interstate 35. This is an update to a previous story. In a news release, the Austin Police Department identified the person who died as 22-year-old Alexis Enrique Aguirre Torres. Torres was a passenger in a Kia Forte that
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
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