Crime & Safety
Three Injured In South Austin Multi-Vehicle Wreck
Collision at Burleson Road at East Oltorf Street just before 9 p.m. left two men and a woman with potentially serious injuries.
SOUTH AUSTIN, TX — Three people were injured in a three-vehicle collision in Southeast Austin on Tuesday evening, medics said.
Austin-Travis County EMS medics arrived at Burleson Road at East Oltorf Street just before 9 p.m. Two men and a woman were rushed to hospitals with potentially serious injuries, medics tweeted. While serious, the injuries sustained are not expected to be life-threatening, medics added.
All told, four people were involved in the multi-vehicle collision. A male victim in his 30s was transported to St. David's South Austin Medical Center for treatment while a woman and man in their 40s were rushed to Dell Seton Medical Center, medics said.
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FINAL Burleson Rd / E Oltorf St: 3 vehicle collision, no pinin, 4 people involved, 3 transports. ~30s male to St David's South. ~40s male & female to Dell Seton. All transported patients with potentially serious, not expected to be life threatening injuries. EMS clear the scene.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) July 11, 2018
It's not clear what may have caused the traffic accident to occur.
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