APRIL 4, 2015
AUSTIN, TEXAS (KXAN)
A head-on crash between two vehicles left six people injured
along FM 973 Saturday afternoon.
The Department of Public Safety’s spokesperson Robbie
Barrera said a female driver heading northbound was distracted by cigarette ash
that she had dropped and crashed head-on into a 2000 Chevy.
DPS received the call to assist at 12:33.
Austin-Travis County EMS said there were four pediatric
patients. One of the children were transported via StarFlight of Dell
Children’s Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. The other children
were said to have serious injuries and were also transported.
Barrera said a one-year-old and a teenager were in the
vehicle responsible.
The adults received non-life threatening injuries and were
transported to UMC Brackenridge.