Crime & Safety

Woman Sitting On Bench Hit By Car In East Austin

The woman sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the accident.

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- A woman was seriously injured Wednesday after being hit by a car while she was sitting on a bench in East Austin, according to emergency officials.

Austin-Travis County EMS officials said they were called to the scene at Holly and Anthony streets shortly after 2 p.m. Once there, they found a woman in her 50s with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

EMS officials transported the woman to University Medical Center Brackenridge.

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The motorist who hit the woman stayed on the scene after the accident, according to police. An investigation into what may have caused the collision continues. 

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