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Austin police said Tuesday that a 49-year-old woman involved in a wreck in Northwest Austin on December 7th died from her injuries Friday. The wreck occurred in the 9300 block of RM 2222. Police said Estelle Edelman was stopped in the eastbound inside lanewhen her 1996 Toyota Corolla was rear ended by a 2001 Dodge…

Department of Public Safety officials have identified a woman who was struck by a car and killed Tuesday morning in Pflugerville as 63-year-old Mary Rodriguez Valdez. A DPS dispatcher said Valdez and another person were crossing FM 1825 near Vision Drive about 6 a.m. when she was struck by a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant. The dispatcher…

A 7-year-old girl riding in the back seat of an SUV died Tuesday night after the vehicle was struck from behind by a pickup at a stoplight on RM 620 at Comanche Trail, near Lake Travis. Josefina Delgado was pronounced dead at the scene about 30 minutes after the 8:33 p.m. collision, Department of Public…

Police are seeking witnesses and information about a driver who fled after’ hitting a bicycle pedicab early Nov. 15 in the 500 block of West Fifth Street. The operator of the pedicab and two passengers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening but required hospitalization at University Medical Center Brackenridge. The pedicab was eastbound on West…

Austin police said Monday that 60- year-old Robert Macklin was killed when a vehicle hit him about 5 p.m. Saturday as he crossed Dessau Road at Rundberg Lane. Police said Sunday that a Chevrolet pickup was driving north on Dessau when it struck Macklin. But officials said Monday that further investigation has found that a…

Federal prosecutors in Boston announced Thursday that they have filed a health care fraud charge against a doctor accused of faking research for a dozen years in published studies that suggested after-surgery benefits from painkillers including Vioxx and Celebrex. Court documents indicate that anesthesiologist Scott Reuben has agreed to plead guilty in exchange for prosecutors…

A mother and an infant were injured Friday morning when their car and an Austin school district bus carrying 26 students collided along Slaughter Lane, authorities said. No, students were hospitalized, said Warren Has-singer, spokesman for Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services. Police said the bus had a green light and was attempting to turn onto…

Two people were killed and one was injured Monday afternoon in a head-on collision on U.S. 290, about four miles west of Johnson City. An 18-year-old woman driving east on U.S. 290 fell asleep, struck a guard rail and entered oncoming traffic about 1:05 p.m., a Department of Public Safety spokesman said. The woman’s car…

A Bastrop man was killed in a wreck Saturday on Texas 21, a Texas Department of Public Safety official said. Bradley Goble was driving a 2006 Chrysler Town & Country in the eastbound lane of Texas 21 when the vehicle crossed the road and struck a westbound 2004 Ford pickup, the official said. The collision…

Last year, the bars in San Marcos started closing at 2 a.m. instead of midnight, a change appreciated by residents, business owners, tourists, and Texas State University students. But the change, which also applies to restaurants, has meant more work for police patrolling downtown, where the number of driving while intoxicated arrests in the past…