Anybody with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the APD Homicide tip line at 512-974-8477. This marks Austin’s 27th homicide of 2024.
Austin, TX
Pedestrian critically injured after being hit by a train in N Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A pedestrian was critically injured after being hit by a train in north Austin Saturday morning.
Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene on West Anderson Lane near Woodrow Avenue at 11:19 a.m.
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Medics took the adult patient to Dell Seton Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
CapMetro confirmed that one of its trains was involved in the incident. A spokesperson provided the following statement:
An incident involving a CapMetro train and a pedestrian occurred today at approximately 11:00 a.m. near W. Anderson Lane. Preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian was on the train alignment, not in a crosswalk. Austin Police Department (APD), Fire Department (AFD), and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the incident. An investigation is ongoing.
Austin, TX
Why lower-income renters in Austin are struggling to find affordable housing
Rents nationwide have cooled from historic highs, according to the latest inflation figures. Austin, Texas, is one of the places where rents are showing a downward trend, but lower-income families say their rents are often staying the same or even increasing. Blair Waltman-Alexin of Austin PBS reports.
Austin, TX
Elon Musk Is Destroying Rural Texas, Residents Say – Reform Austin
Elon Musk’s tunneling company, The Boring company is destroying Texas’ natural beauty and has worsened the life quality of rural Texans, according to Bastrop residents, where the company is located.
“It is beyond heartbreaking, I could start crying just talking about it,” Flynn, 62, a Bastrop resident, told The London Times. “We had these incredible vistas of outstanding natural beauty. It was breathtaking — you’d pull over and cry because it’s so pretty. And now, it’s gravel mines.”
Boring moved to Bastrop in 2021, the town has about 12,000 people and is located east of Austin.
According to Flynn and her husband, since Boring arrived, the landscape has worsened, with trucks operating everywhere, earth mounds scattered in the fields, heavy machines, and new gravel and sand mines erected to support the company’s operations.
Also, there have been numerous environmental concerns about the company’s operation, the company has applied for a permit to dump 145,500 gallons of treated wastewater per day into the Colorado River. The company has also received complaints regarding its handling of wastewater in the area.
Other residents have expressed concern over the rising cost of living produced by the arrival of more Austin newcomers.
“[T]he Austin people are now having to move to Bastrop, the people in Bastrop are having to move out in the country somewhere,” Kenneth Kesselus, the town’s former mayor, told the Times. “We’ve got some houses that in a giant hurry went from half a million dollars to a million.”
However, Flynn hopes that there still will be people who fight to preserve the environment.
“I have three children and don’t want them to think it’s all over,” Flynn said. “I’m a big believer in the pendulum swinging back, and right now we’re in an extreme time of bullying and bad behavior and bad decisions and greed. But it’s going to swing back.”
Flynn owns a farm in Bastrop and an organic site in Austin.
Austin, TX
Media briefing held on Austin’s 27th homicide of 2024
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