Crime & Safety
Man Critically Injured In South Austin Stabbing
Man suffers life-threatening injuries along 9600 block of South I-35, in same spot where another man is killed by car just 20 minutes later.
SOUTH AUSTIN, TX — A man was seriously injured in an early morning stabbing in South Austin on Wednesday, officials said.
Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the 9600 block of South Interstate 35 at 12:55 a.m. amid an emergency call related to a stabbing there. Medics transported a man in his 30s to St. David's South Austin Hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening, injuries.
No arrest has been made in connection to the case.
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This is around the same spot where a pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Interstate 35 at around 20 minutes after the stabbing incident. In that case, a man in his 30s was mowed down by a vehicle as he attempted to cross the highway along the 9100 block of South I-35 southbound.
Related story: Pedestrian Killed In South Austin Trying To Cross Interstate 35
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It's unclear if the two incidents in such close proximity are related. Patch will update if any further details are made available by police.
FINAL #ATCEMSMedics responded to 9600blk S I35 Svrd SB (00:55) & transported ~30s male to St Davids South Austin with serious, potentially life threatening stab injury. This is the only patient. EMS clear scene. No further information.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) April 11, 2018
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