Accidents News and Updates

Driver held in fatal wreck

A 25-year-old man was being held Monday in the Travis County Jail in connection with a one-vehicle wreck that killed a 19-year-old Hutto woman. Arturo Vazquez-Corona was charged with intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, both felonies,…

Wreck in Killeen kills Round Rock woman

28-year-old Beverly Leeann Baker of Round Rock was killed Sunday in a wreck just before 3 a.m. in the 11000 block of South Texas 195 in Killeen. Officers responded to a report of a Jeep traveling north in the southbound…

Man killed, 2 injured in crash

A man was killed and two others injured in a wreck late Saturday that occurred on General Williamson Drive in northwst Travis County, according to the sheriff’s office. Jose Raul Guillen-Ortiz, a 29-year-old passenger, was not wearing a seat belt.…

Pedestrian hit by 18-wheeler on RM 620 dies

An 18-wheeler struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday morning on RM 620 near Quinlan Park Road. The identity of the victim, who appeared to be about 30 years old, was not released, Travis County sheriff’s Capt. Art Cardenas said. Witnesses…

DPS seeks help in bike collision

The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking for witnesses to help in the investigation of a Tuesday morning collision that injured a Cedar Park couple while they were riding a two-person bicycle. Angie Hughes, 31, was in critical condition…

Fort Hood soldier dies in pedestrian accident

Robert Walden age 25, a Fort Hood soldier, died Friday night after being struck by a car when he attempted to cross Clear Creek Road at about 10:45 p.m. He was struck by a Mazda Tribute SUV traveling north in…

Bicyclist killed in collision

A man is dead after being struck by a car while riding his bicycle early Sunday. Police Lt. Darrell Boydston said the man, whose name and age have not been released, was struck in the 1900 block of East Texas…

Punctured tire caused bus crash in Dallas

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a punctured tire caused the bus crash that killed 17 members of Houston’s Vietnamese Catholic Community last year. The August 2008 accident happened when a charter bus carrying 55 passengers to a…

Fatal wreck Sunday morning

Roel Castillo, 42, died about 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning when Michael Filius, 50, ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. 183 and Lakeline Boulevard. Filius is charged with intoxicated manslaughter in the accident with bail set at $250,000…