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Car crashes into Texas emergency room leaving 1 dead, 5 injured. Here’s what we know
Footage inside ER shows scene after vehicle crash into St. David’s
The Statesman blurred the face of a child in this footage.
At least one person is dead and five others are injured after a vehicle drove into the St. David’s North Austin Medical Center emergency room in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday evening, according to first responders.
Here’s what we know.
What happened at St. David’s?
At 5:38 p.m. local time Tuesday evening, a vehicle dove into the north entrance of St. David’s emergency room. The incident appeared to be unintentional, with no ongoing threat to the public, the Austin Police Department stated in a Facebook post shortly after.
What happened to the driver?
The driver died at the scene after being extricated from the vehicle, Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Robert Luckritz said at a press conference. Medics attempted to perform CPR on the driver, said Thayer Smith, assistant chief of the Austin Fire Department.
Despite life-saving measures, the driver died on the scene. It remains unclear if the driver died of injuries related to the accident or if the individual experienced a medical emergency that prompted the accident.
The identity of the driver has yet to be disclosed to the public.
More on the incident: At least 1 dead, 5 injured after vehicle drives into St. David’s ER in North Austin
5 injured, including two children
Following a media brief at 8 p.m. Tuesday, the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services made a Facebook post with further details.
ATCEMS confirmed a total of five people were injured in the accident. Four were transported by ATCEMS, and one was treated in the emergency department on-site:
- 1 treated on-site
- 1 child transported to a pediatric acute care hospital with critical injuries
- 1 adult and 1 child transported to a pediatric acute care hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries
- 1 adult transported a short distance north to St. David’s Round Rock with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries
Eight other patients not involved in the incident were transported by an ATCEMS ambulance bus to reduce strain on St. David’s in North Austin.
Is St. David’s ER still open?
The affected emergency department temporarily closed to ambulance transports Tuesday night but remained open to walk-in emergency patients. There appears to be no structural damage to the building.
The medical center reopened as usual Wednesday morning, according to KVUE.
Gov. Abbott offers ‘Texas’ full support’
Governor Greg Abbott responded to the incident on X, formerly known as Twitter.
See photos from the scene at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center
AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that Southwest Airlines will establish a new pilot and flight attendant crew base in Austin.
Abbott joined the Austin mayor at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport to make the announcement today.
The expansion to Austin will lay the groundwork for future operational growth in Texas. It is expected to generate 2,000 jobs in Austin by mid-2027. In addition to the pilots and flight attendants, Austin will now also be home to managerial and support staff. The new crew base will have an average salary of $180,000 a year, the Governor’s Office says.
The state is extending a $14 million Texas Enterprise Fund to the airline, as well as a $375,000 Veteran Created Job Bonus.
“Southwest Airlines was born and raised in Texas and has been a core element of the economic growth we have seen in our state,” said Governor Abbott. “We are excited to announce that today Southwest Airlines will add over 2,000 high paying jobs right here in Texas. We are the home of economic opportunity for our fellow Texans more than any other state in the United States, and we know a key reason for that is because of everything Southwest Airlines provides. We are proud to partner with everybody connected with Southwest as well as the City of Austin on such a huge announcement for our state.”
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin firefighters battled their second major fire Thursday afternoon, responding to an abandoned East Austin auto shop engulfed in flames.
Crews responded to 3100 Manor Road around 4 p.m., AFD said.
No injuries were reported and no one was inside the building.
ALSO | 40+ residents displaced in North Austin third-alarm apartment fire, no injuries reported
The incident was called in as a first alarm. The building is a total loss, according to officials.
CBS Austin has a crew on the way to the scene.
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Earlier in the afternoon, firefighters extinguished a three-alarm fire in north Austin.
AUSTIN, Texas – The suspect in a violent road rage incident on the Capital of Texas Highway has been identified and charged, according to court paperwork.
The altercation was caught on camera.
What we know:
34-year-old Ian Kevin Brinkmeyer has been charged with criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor, in connection with the Dec. 5 incident.
At around 2 p.m. that day, officers responded to a call for service on Capital of Texas Highway, where they spoke with Brinkmeyer and another man.
The affidavit says Brinkmeyer “engaged in a road rage” with the other man while traveling north on Capital of Texas Highway. Brinkmeyer drove around the other man, changed lanes in front of him and cut him off before stopping his car.
Brinkmeyer then allegedly got out of his vehicle holding a “steel knife sharpening rod”, walked over to the other man’s car and struck the driver’s side door window with the rod, shattering the entire window.
The affidavit says Brinkmeyer then quickly walked back to his car and drove off.
The entire incident was caught on video by other drivers and posted on social media.
The affidavit says that the repairs to the shattered window cost about $480, making this a case of criminal mischief with a value between $100 and $750.
What’s next:
A warrant has been issued for Brinkmeyer’s arrest. As of 12 p.m. Dec. 11, he is not in custody.
The Source: Information in this report comes from court paperwork and previous reporting.
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