AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) is searching for a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian, then fled the scene, on Airport Boulevard on Thanksgiving.
APD said at approximately 9:40 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23, officers responded to a crash between a pickup truck and a pedestrian in the 4500 block of Airport Boulevard, near the In-N-Out Burger. The driver left the area without stopping or calling 911, and the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.
This information is from the initial assessment of the crash, and APD said the investigation is still pending.
According to the police department, this incident is being investigated as Austin's 80th crash of 2023, resulting in 83 deaths. On Nov. 23, 2022, there had been 97 fatal crashes resulting in 101 deaths.
Anyone with any information about this crash should contact APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through Capital Area Crime Stoppers, either online or by calling 512-472-8477.