Man Dies In East Austin After Being Hit By Vehicle — Second Pedestrian Killed On Same Day

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Emergency officials reported a pedestrian was killed after getting hit by a car in East Austin Tuesday evening — the second pedestrian to die after getting struck by a car and the sixth in the past two weeks alone.

Austin-Travis County EMS officials said the man in his 60s was hit on Manor Road at Anchor Lane just before 6 p.m. The man was transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge but died a short time later, EMS officials said.

The man was the second pedestrian to die on the same day after being hit by a vehicle. Just a few hours before the incident at Manor Road/Anchor Lane, another pedestrian was hit and killed while trying to cross Interstate 35 at Oltorf Street. In that incident, a man in his 40s died while running across the interstate despite the presence of a bridge and sidewalk which would have ensured his safe passage.

In recent days, several people have died after being hit by vehicles aside from Tuesday's pair of collisions. Last week, a woman in her 40s was struck in North Austin; a man in his late 50s also run over after falling in the street in North Austin this week; a 38-year-old woman hit in South Austin Nov. 23; and a 61-year-old man hit by two cars after he attempted to cross I-35 in North Austin on Nov. 16.

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