Accidents

An Austin woman was rushed to a San Antonio hospital Wednesday morning after slamming head-on into an 18-wheeler on Interstate 35 in New Braunfels. Police in New Braunfels said officers received numerous calls about a vehicle headed north in the southbound lanes of the interstate shortly after 3 a.m. As they headed to the area,…

Nearly 18,000 people died on U.S. roadways in the first six months of this year, an increase of more than 10 percent of the same period in 2015, according to new estimates by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. AS the effect of the Great Recession has waned, the number of people dying on the…

A passenger in a Lexus sedan was killed when the car he was riding in collided with a stalled tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 in San Marcos early Wednesday morning. According to San Marcos police, the tractor-trailer hit road debris around 2 a.m. which disabled the truck’s air brakes, causing the vehicle…

A motorcyclist died on Wednesday morning following a crash on North MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1). The victim, who was in his 30s, was headed south when he collided with at least one other vehicle near RM 2222 around 2:15 a.m. Austin-Travis County EMS crews were called to the scene to treat the man, but he…

A 19-year-old Marble Falls man who was hospitalized Thursday after a wreck involving a school bus in Burnet County died Friday, a hospital official said. Mark Fluty was severely injured Thursday when the 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier he was riding in left the eastbound lanes of FM 1431 and crossed into oncoming traffic, colliding with a…

A woman was killed and a man was injured Friday in a head-on collision op RM 620 in Northwest Austin, police said. According to police, a woman was driving a Toyota Celica north on RM 620 near Concordia University Drive about 2:45 p.m. when she crossed the center line for unknown reasons and hit a…

Three people were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge on Thursday with serious injuries after a collision on Interstate 35 South near Texas 130 toll Road. Two people who weren’t wearing seat belts were thrown from the vehicle and flown to Brackenridge in critical condition. A third person was taken to Brackenridge by ground transportation…

A 6-year-old girl who had been in critical condition at Dell Children’s Medical Center after a wreck in Bastrop County last weekend died Friday morning. Angie Gonzalez of Houston was riding in a van with four other children and two adults last Sunday afternoon when the driver failed to yield to a pickup while turning…

A 64-year-old woman was killed Thursday night when she was hit by a vehicle while crossing a street in Northeast Austin. The woman was crossing Cameron Road mid-block near St. Johns Avenue on Friday at 7:36 p.m. when she was struck by a 1999 GM pickup in the southbound right lane.  She was pronounced dead…