Traffic & Transit
Car Drops 20 Feet From South Austin Overpass
Austin-Travis County EMS medics said the crash victim, a man in his 60s, suffered potentially serious injuries.
AUSTIN, TX — Emergency crews Thursday night rushed to a car collision in South Austin collision where a car fell some 20 feet from a highway overpass.
The incident occurred along the 6100 block of North Interstate 35 in a rollover accident after a car hit a guardrail before plummeting to the adjacent service road, police said just before 10 p.m. Austin-EMS officials wrote on Twitter that a crash victim, a man in his 60s, was rushed to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries.
Multiple assets from #ATCEMS, @AustinFireInfo, & @Austin_Police on scene ~6100 N IH 35 SVRD SB (21:54) Reported collision with one vehicle that rolled over guardrail off I35 & ~20ft down. 2 ATCEMS ambulances & commander assigned. More information to follow.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) December 13, 2019
The cause of the crash is unknown, and no further details are known. Patch will update when more details are known.
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Multiple assets from #ATCEMS, @AustinFireInfo, & @Austin_Police on scene ~6100 N IH 35 SVRD SB (21:54) Reported collision with one vehicle that rolled over guardrail off I35 & ~20ft down. 2 ATCEMS ambulances & commander assigned. More information to follow.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) December 13, 2019
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