Accidents News and Updates

Woman badly burned in wreck

A woman was taken to University Medical Center Brackenrisge hospital by STARFlight Saturday afternoon after she was badly burned on her face during a vehicle crash on Texas 71 West. The three-vehicle collision took place about 12:30 p.m. near the…

Man sentanced in fatal wreck

A man convicted of intoxication manslaughter has been sentenced to prison for a wreck that killed a Johnson County woman. Brandon Burchfield, 19, got a 10-year sentence in the 2008 death of Nogaelda Zavala.  Burchfield had a blood-alchohol level more…

Three die in collision on I-35 in North Texas

A tractor-trailer slammed into backed-up traffic on Interstate 35 near the Texas-Oklahoma border on Monday, killing three people. The wreck occured on a section of I-35 where two lanes narrow to one because of work being done on a bridge,…

Fort hood man dies in wreck

A man living at Fort Hood died Sunday evening in a Burnet Count wreck involving three motorcycles, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Albresie Latrell Williams, 20, died in th wreck on FM 963 about a mile and…

Boat collision sends 3 to hospital

Several people, including a 4-year-old boy, were injured during a boat collision on Lake Austin at dusk Saturday, according to emergency officials. The boy was taken to the hospitale with a head injury. The collision occured just before 8 p.m.…

Tire blowout kills two in head-on crash

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,…

Pedestrian killed near Y at Oak Hill

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…

Accident leads to kidnapping

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…

Driver sought in fatal crash

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.…