Austin, TX
At least 1 dead, 5 injured after vehicle drives into emergency room in Austin, Texas
Footage inside ER shows scene after vehicle crash into St. David’s
The Statesman blurred the face of a child in this footage.
AUSTIN, Texas — A car crashed into an emergency room at a Texas hospital Tuesday evening, killing one person and injuring five others, according to first responders.
The vehicle struck the north entrance of the emergency room at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center shortly after 5:30 p.m., Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said in a Facebook post. The crash did not appear to be intentional, the Austin Police Department said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The driver died at the scene after being extricated from the vehicle, Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Robert Luckritz said at a news conference. Medics attempted to perform CPR on the driver, said Thayer Smith, assistant chief of the Austin Fire Department.
It was unclear if the crash caused the person’s death, Austin Police Lt. Carey Chaudoir told the Austin American-Statesman, part of the USA TODAY Network. An investigation is ongoing.
Five people who were in the emergency room lobby were injured, said Dr. Peter DeYoung, chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center. One of them is being treated at St. David’s, while four others, including two children, were taken to other hospitals.
Child in critical condition
One of the children suffered critical, life-threatening injuries, and one adult has serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. The other child and adult did not have life-threatening injuries.
Eight other people who were patients at the hospital will be taken to other hospitals, Luckritz said.
The building was structurally sound, and there were no impacts to operations outside of the emergency room, DeYoung said. The ER is currently closed to ambulances and EMS but was still taking walk-ins who would be treated at a makeshift triage area at the ambulance bay.
Austin-Travis County EMS initially reported that at least 10 people were injured. The Austin Fire Department advised drivers to avoid the area.
Hospital visitors directed to avoid ER
Danielle Ketchens was visiting her mother on the third floor of the hospital Tuesday evening when the vehicle struck the ER. An alarm went off and a nurse remarked that it was a fire alarm, “like it was nothing,” Ketchens said.
“But she heard something in her earpiece and she just took off, and she’s like, ‘Oh, I’m sorry. I’ll be right back,’” Ketchens added. Later, nurses directed visitors to leave through the hospital’s south entrance, to avoid the scene at the ER.
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center has a 24-hour emergency department. It is described on its website as a 441-bed acute care facility that handles maternity and newborn care, other women’s health services, and many other specialties, including heart and brain surgeries and robotic surgery.
Contributing: Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY; The Associated Press;
AUSTIN, Texas — It’s Spanish only for the kids enrolled at Cielito Lindo Spanish Immersion Preschool. Maria Dominguez owns three Spanish immersion preschools in Travis County.
“We focus on the social and emotional part of child development,” said Dominguez.
The average cost of child care in Texas is $1,300 per month, and while Cielito Lindo offers scholarships, many families still can’t afford it.
“Even for those kids that we do receive assistance, they’re not paying the full amount that we charge a month. We’re constantly trying to make up for that amount because, again, we still have to pay for a facility for teachers being able to provide competitive wages because they deserve it,” said Dominguez.
Last week, Travis County voters approved Proposition A, a property tax increase which is expected to generate $75 million to create nearly 2,000 new child care slots and nearly 4,000 new after-school and summer programming slots for school-age children. But there are nearly $80,000 children on a waitlist for subsidized care in Texas with an estimated wait time of two years.
Child care advocates suggest it will cost $90 million per year in state funding to get at least 10,000 kids off the waitlist.
“We have seen voters say over and over again that this is a priority,” said David Feigen with Texans Care for Children.
During the last legislative session, lawmakers defeated a $2 billion proposal to step in and fund child care providers. And now that federal pandemic-era funds are gone, policy experts say state lawmakers need to act.
“If we don’t provide this funding, we will see more parents leaving the workforce, more businesses struggling to recruit and retain staff, more children in low-quality settings,” said Feigen.
Travis County Judge Andy Brown hopes the passage of proposition A sends a message to state leaders to act.
“If we are figure out ways to provide that, like we’re doing here in Travis County, it’s going to help our economy,” said Brown.
But some representatives expressed uncertainty about allocations this time around during an interim House hearing.
“We don’t always know, in the environment, [if we] can keep funding going up because there are other priorities for our states,” said Republican Rep. Angie Chen Button.
The priority for child care providers will always be the kids.
AUSTIN, Texas — Freshman Justice Carlton and senior Shay Holle each scored 15 points and No. 4 Texas defeated Lamar 95-58 Wednesday night.
Holle converted 3 of 4 3-point attempts. Carlton added three steals.
Madison Booker of Texas (2-0), an AP preseason All-American, missed the game with a sore hamstring and her status is day-to-day.
Freshman Jordan Lee started in place of Booker and scored 12 points. Bryanna Preston, also a freshman, added nine points, four assists and two steals.
Point guard Rori Harmon finished with eight points, eight assists and five steals in 18 minutes. Harmon, who missed the final 26 games last season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, limped off the court in the third quarter after tweaking her ankle. She later returned to the game.
Akasha Davis led Lamar (1-1) with 14 points. Sabria Dean scored 13.
Takeaways
Lamar: The Cardinals, defending Southland Conference regular-season champions, trailed Texas 51-14 at halftime. The Cardinals matched the Longhorns’ 44 points in the second half.
Texas: Laila Phelia, an all-Big Ten guard at Michigan last season, made her debut for Texas. She had eight points in 21 minutes as a reserve. Phelia averaged nearly 17 points last season.
Key moment
Texas outscored Lamar 20-3 during the final 7:12 of the first quarter. The Cardinals made only three free throws during the span. The Longhorns, using full-court defensive pressure, coaxed 10 turnovers in the quarter, seven of them steals. Harmon made four of the steals.
Key stat
Lamar committed 22 turnovers in the first half, allowing Texas to take a 51-14 lead at the break. The Longhorns made 14 steals in the half.
Up next
Lamar plays at SMU on Nov. 22, and Texas is at DePaul on Sunday.
AUSTIN — Texas men’s basketball signed four star top-50 prospect John Clark on National Signing Day.
Houston native Clark is a 6 ft 9 in forward who plays at Link Academy in Missouri, previously playing at Klein Cain High School from his freshman to junior season. Clark is ranked as a four-star recruit, the No. 37 overall prospect by 247 Sports Composite, No. 38 by On3, No. 40 by ESPN, and No. 42 by Rivals.
“John Clark brings a unique blend of finesse and power to the court and the kind of versatility that’s crucial to succeed in the SEC,” said recruiting analyst Blue Zertuche of Great American Shoot-Out, per media release. “He can score with touch around the rim but isn’t afraid to use his physicality when needed. John’s skill set has shown consistent growth over the past few years. Playing against top-tier, athletic competition in the SEC will only accelerate his development, helping him refine his game even further.”
This is the second consecutive year the Longhorns recruit out of Link Academy, the latest being star forward Tre Johnson. The boarding school in Branson, Mo. is known for its sports teams, specifically its basketball program, which won the National Championship in 2023.
As a junior at Klein Cain, Clark averaged 17.8 points and 13.1 rebounds per game while converting 61 percent from the floor, leading all 6A players in Texas in rebounds per game and double-doubles with 22.
His list of honors includes an All-Adidas Performer recognition on the 2024 Adidas 3SSB circuit this past summer while competing for T.J. Ford Elite and a spot on the All-Greater Houston Boys Basketball second team by the Houston Chronicle.
Clark is the first signing for the Longhorns in this recruiting cycle.
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