A wreck that killed two truck drivers and spilled hundreds of gallons of raw sewage onto a Bastrop County highway Wednesday was caused by a tire blowout, officials said Thursday. Department of Public Safety officials said that George Center, 37, of Austin was driving a UPS truck south on Texas 95 and that Larry Goodwill,…
A pedestrian was stuck by a vehicle and killed Thursday morning near the Y intersection in Oak Hill. The accident at U.S. 290 West and Circle Drive shut down several lanes of the highway for hours, officials said. Texas Department of Safety troopers said Daniel Jandle, 57, was trying to cross several lanes of traffic…
Police arrested a man Wednesday who is accused of forcing a pregnant woman to-drive him away from the scene of an accident, according to an arrest affidavit. The rollover collision happened about 12:20 p.m. Wednesday near the FM 969 and Blue Bluff Road. Kyle Jay Jones was the driver of the rolled-over vehicle and was…
Austin police are still investigating a crash from Tuesday morning in which a pedestrian, Ernest Lee Moss, was killed. Moss, 63, of Austin was hit by a gray Chevrolet Suburban as he was walking on the sidewalk at 8:21 a.m. on East 51st Street just east of Manor Road near Bruce Spruce Circle, police said. …
On Thursday, July 9, 2009, at 3 a.m. Kenneth Cottrell, a motorcyclist, was killed in a car accident. Rudy Lucero was driving a Mazda and hit the motorcycle on Road and 51st Street. Cottrell was taken to Brackenridge where he later died. Apparently, Lucero had been drinking as he was charged with intoxication manslaughter. Any witnesses are…
Austin police have charged David Delacerda, 30, who is accused of hitting a construction worker last week and leaving the scene, according to an arrest affidavit. The worker died. Delacerda was arrested after he was released from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. The wreck happened about 1:30 a.m. in the 11400 block of…
A construction worker was killed in a crash on southbound Interstate 35 about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police said a dark-colored SUV ran through a clearly marked construction zone and hit Fontino Cortes-Cruz, 36, in the 11400 block of 1-35 near Onion Creek Parkway. The driver fled; nobody else was injured, police said. The SUV drove…
A vast majority of the world’s countries ”85 percent” lack adequate laws to address the growing problem of traffic deaths and injuries, according to the World Health Organization’s first report on road safety. Traffic injuries are the ninth-leading cause of death worldwide, and public health experts say that without intervention, they will rise to fifth…
A man who was involved in a motorcycle crash June 3 died last Tuesday of injuries he received in the crash. Mitchell Frantz, 46, was riding a Harley-Davidson east on U.S. 290 near William Cannon Drive about 8:30 p.m. when he struck debris in the road and lost control of the bike, the statement said. …
