Rollover Accident On I-35 Results In Injuries

SOUTH AUSTIN, TX -- A rollover collision Saturday on Interstate 35 near Onion Creek Parkway resulted in two people having to be taken to the hospital, emergency services officials said.

Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the 12500 block of Interstate 35 at about 3:23 p.m. after receiving a report of a collision--a type of accident that is becoming all too common in the congested artery.

Medics reported that two people were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries. EMS officials didn’t specify the gender or age of the victims.

Police told the Austin American-Statesman that the vehicles involved rolled up over the median, causing one of the cars to roll over. Highway lanes were briefly closed off to traffic while police cleared the scene.

The accident capped a busy day for EMS officials on the south part of the city.

First responders’ day began early, responding to a 3 a.m. call about a stabbing in the Montopolis community bordering with East Austin.

Shortly after 1 p.m., they reached the scene of an accident between a car and motorcycle that sent a middle-aged man and a girl to the hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened in the 9800 block of Brodie Lane in the southwest part of the city.

Then around 2:30 p.m. came another call, this one involving an elderly woman who fell some 25 feet from a walking trail onto the creekbed below. The woman in her 80s sustained serious injuries, but EMS officials said they weren’t considered life-threatening ones.

Indeed, it’s been a very busy day for the city’s first responders. And the night’s not over yet.