Crime & Safety

Police ID Round Rock Motorcyclist Who Died In Wreck

Eduardo Ernesto Benedetto, 44, died after straightening out from a curve and crossing the center lane of a road outside Austin.

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — The Texas Department of Transportation identified a man killed in a Tuesday morning crash along RM 620.

According to the DPS, Eduardo Ernesto Benedetto, 44, of Round Rock was traveling at an unsafe speed along a curve before straightening out, crossing the center turn lane and striking a guardrail, KEYE reported.

Benedetto was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident occurred just outside the outskirts of Austin.

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