AUSTIN, TX – A fatality has been reported in connection to a three-vehicle crash that happened Wednesday in south Austin, reports KXAN.
Police and medics responded to East Ben White Boulevard and East Riverside Drive around 9 p.m. This is just west of US-183 and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Authorities haven’t yet determined the cause of the collision, which they say involved a pickup truck and two cars.
A driver of one of the two cars, identified as 66-year-old Lisa Gail Cooper, died after transport to an area hospital.
At least one other person went to the hospital with injuries of unknown severity, and others sustained minor injuries but did not require hospitalization.
A full investigation is underway.
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