Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Killed Along Montopolis Avenue
Traffic fatality preceded by three other road deaths along Austin roadways in a busy 24-hour period for EMS officials.
SOUTH AUSTIN, TX -- An already-deadly weekend on Austin roads logged another traffic fatality Sunday evening after a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a car in South Austin.
A woman in her 30s was pronounced dead at the scene in the 700 block of Montopolis Drive, according to Austin-Travis County EMS officials. The woman was pronounced dead at 7:18 p.m. on St. Valentine’s Day.
The driver of the vehicle that struck the woman stayed on the scene and was cooperating with law enforcement officials in their investigation, according to police.
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No other details were immediately forthcoming, including whether alcohol or speed played a part in the collision.
It’s been a deadly weekend on local roadways, the latest accident preceded by a trio of earlier traffic fatalities in quick succession. On the same day as the pedestrian was hit, EMS officials responded to the 90 block of Congress Avenue at 2:30 p.m. to recover the body of a 50-year-old male found in Lady Bird Lake.
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