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Date:
Friday, May 15, 2015Area:
Austin, TXJordan Marecek was driving her moped at the intersection of Navasota Street and Hackberry when witnesses say she hit an exposed water pipe and flew over the moped's handlebars. She suffered broken bones in her face and ribs, as well as other injuries. She was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident .A spokesperson with Austin's Public Works Department said it is an underground utility water pipe valve that she hit. On March 3, crews came out and put a cover over it, but the problem has not been competely solved just yet.
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Sunday, February 15, 2015Area:
Austin, TXPolice received a call just before 1:30 AM concerning a car accident at Loyola Lane and Millrace Drive. The driver crashed into a tree and the car then rolled over. A man was trapped inside the car and a woman was ejected from the vehicle. The woman was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The man, identified as Andrew Ibarra, 22, was found dead at the site of the accident. The crash is under investigation. We will update this story with new details as they become available.
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Saturday, October 25, 2014Area:
Austin, TXRaunfere Maruri-Nieto, 25, is dead after a rollover crash at Parkfield Drive and Kramer Lane early Saturday morning. Maruri-Nieto was travelling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and hit the curb in the 1400 block of Kramer Lane. The car rolled over, ejecting the driver. Emergency crew attempted CPR but the driver was pronounced dead at the scene, shortly after 1 a.m.
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Thursday, September 18, 2014Area:
Austin, TXBoth children sustained life-threatening injuries and were transported to Dell Children's Medical Center. The adult was taken to University Medical Center of Brackenridge, but did not have life-threatening injuries.