Accidents

Two people were killed in a crash in San Marcos involving a dump truck early Thursday, police said. Officers responded to the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 near CM Allen Parkway around 2:45 a.m. A vehicle that was possibly stopped in the road or going slow in the right lane was hit from behind by…

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Servies medics helped a motorcyclist who was pinned under a pickup after a crash Saturday. Medics responded to the call about 4 p.m.in the 3600 block of North MoPac Boulevard (Loop1), EMS said in a tweet. The man, who is in his 30s, was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with…

One person died Friday night after being ejected during a single vehicle wreck about 10 p.m. in the 5900 block of County Road 112 according to Williamson County deputies. The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating the crash.

Williamson County deputies responded to a fatal crash involving and 18-wheeler and a pickup on Texas 95 near County Road 387 Friday night, according to officials. Deputies shit down one lane of traffic about 8 p.m. after the wreck, according to a tweet. The name of the person who died was not released.

A woman and her grandson died in a wreck Friday night, authorities said. Taylor police responded to the crash about 8:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of South main Street. Authorities said Pflugerville resident Glenda Louise Werth, 59, was driving a 2009 Honda van north on South Main Street with 20 month old, Hunter Werth,…

One person is dead and another was injured following a wreck in North Austin early Sunday. Austin-Travis County EMS Medics responded to the corner of W. Braker Lane and Burnet Road around 8:45 a.m. to a vehicle on its roof with two people pinned inside. A man, who medics believe to be in his 40s,…

A man was pronounced dead following a crash in Northwest Austin near Steiner Ranch early Sunday. Austin-Travis County EMS Medics responded to the wreck in the 5600 block of North RM 620 just after 2 a.m. Four people were involved in the crash. Two people were taken to the Round Rock Medical Center with serious…

Texas Department of Transportation officials have set a goal of eliminating traffic deaths statewide by 2050, with a midpoint goal of reducing deaths by half by 2035. With 3,641 traffic deaths statewide in 2018, nearly 10 per day, deaths would have to drop by about 120 annually to meet those goals. The last day without…

Traffic deaths in Austin are up 30% compared with this time in 2018, and Austin police are urging drivers and pedestrians to use caution going into the summer months, when traffic fatalities usually increase. Thirty people have been killed on Austin roads so far this year, an increase from 23 traffic fatalities by the same…