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Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2014
Area: 
Austin, TX

A fiery crash in South Austin has injured six people.

Austin-Travis County EMS says it happened just after 3 p.m. at Ben White and Banister Lane and involved two vehicles. The Austin Police Department stated that one of the vehicles caught fire after the crash.

Six people were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge. Two of the victims have serious injuries.

Westbound Ben White and northbound Banister Lane are closed while police investigate.

Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2014
Area: 
Austin, TX

A woman has died after a three vehicle crash in southeast Austin.

Officials said the crash happened just before 7 p.m. when the driver of a Toyota turned in front of a Ford Explorer, which T-boned the Toyota. A Ford pickup truck was struck by one of the other cars, but DPS troopers are still trying to figure out the details of how that car was involved.

Austin-Travis County EMS says a 53-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene in the 7900 block of South U.S. 183, near McKenzie Road, south of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Date: 
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Area: 
Austin, TX

A woman is dead after a pin-in accident in southeast Travis County.

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said medics responded to a two-vehicle pin-in collision on FM 973/FM 812 around 5:20 p.m. Thursday.

Officials said a blue Infiniti traveling northbound on FM 812 lost control, then T-boned a Lexus, which was headed southbound.

EMS officials said six people were pinned in.

Three teenagers, all passengers in the Infiniti, were transported by Star Flight to Dell Children's Medical Center. Doctors say they are in serious condition.

Date: 
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Area: 
Austin, TX

Austin police are investigating a fatal collision on the Interstate 35 frontage road in South Austin.

Police shut down the roadway at the corner of Ben White Boulevard and the I-35 frontage road early Friday morning. It reopened just before 7:30 a.m.

Officers believe a silver Malibu had a minor collision with a black van just south of the river on I-35. The Malibu then left the highway, heading southbound on the frontage road at a very high rate of speed and slammed into the side of a black Toyota Camry.

Date: 
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX
A crash Sunday in Northeast Austin seriously hurt five people. It happened around 6 p.m. on Dessau Road near Parmer Lane. Of the five seriously hurt, a man and a woman were flown from to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition. Two children were taken by ambulance to Dell Children's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of another vehicle was taken to a Round Rock hospital. One vehicle was going eastbound on Bradbury with only one person in the car. The second vehicle was heading northbound on Dessau and had four people in the car.
Date: 
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX

A collision in Northwest Austin Friday night leaves a mother and son dead.

Police say at least three vehicles collided just before 11:20 p.m. in front of the Tintara at Canyon Creek Apartments on 620 just north of 2222.
A vehicle rear ended a second vehicle and knocked it across the street into a third vehicle.

Date: 
Friday, December 13, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX
A three-car accident on State Highway 45 and Heatherwilde in Pflugerville left two people dead and three injured on Saturday. According to Austin-Travis County Emergency Services, multiple people were pinned in. The 60-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene. Two injured people were transported to Dell Children's Medical Center via Star Flight and one adult was transported to Round Rock Medical Center, later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Date: 
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX

A man is dead after an early morning crash on Highway 620. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Monday.

The Department of Public Safety says 59-year-old Michael Bonnette died when he ran off the road, hit a guard rail, then a tree.
It's not clear what caused the car to run off the road.

Date: 
Friday, December 6, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX
Austin police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian crash. It happened Saturday night at U.S. 71/W. Ben White Blvd. eastbound near S. 1st Street. Police say a man was trying to cross U.S. 71 when a car hit him. The car then struck another car. Both drivers stopped at the scene. Austin police say they do not believe the incident was weather related.
Date: 
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Area: 
Austin, TX
One person is dead after a head-on collision on FM 969, or Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard, near Nixon Lane. Police say it happened just before 6 a.m. Wednesday when the driver of a Kia drove east in a westbound lane. A 33-year-old man driving the Kia crashed head on into a gray pickup truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck was taken to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Police do not yet know if alcohol or drugs played a factor in the crash.