AUSTIN, TX — One person was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a wreck on Mopac Expressway near north Austin’s Highland Park West area, according to KXAN.
Austin-Travis County EMS crews responded to the scene in the 4700 block of the southbound expressway shortly after noon.
Multiple assets responding to & on scene of a vehicle rescue 4700blk Mopac SB (11:53) 1 patient pinned with extrication in progress. Expect #ATCTraffic delays in the area & #MoveOverSlowDown if in the area. More information to follow.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) November 10, 2021
Few details have been reported, but crews had to perform a rescue extrication for one adult pinned and trapped in their vehicle.
Medics declared the victim a trauma alert upon their removal from the wreck and transported them to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious, life-threatening injuries.
It was not immediately clear what led up to the crash or how many vehicles were involved.
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