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: 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: 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: 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: 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 motorcyclist killed in collision with box truck
AUSTIN, TX – Police say they have identified the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash in Austin last week. In a news release, the Austin Police Department said the victim was 24-year-old Joseph Harrell Hayman. According to investigators, Hayman was riding a Honda CB500 motorcycle in the 6000 block of N. IH-35 SB near
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