AUSTIN, Texas — One person is dead after a crash on East Seventh Street involving a scooter and a vehicle.
Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) said just before 3 a.m. Friday that an adult patient was declared dead at the scene of a possible collision between a scooter and a vehicle.
For a few hours Friday morning, part of Seventh Street was shut down as police cleared the area.
The Austin Police Department (APD) said on May 11 that they responded to the scene in the 3400 block of E. 7th St. regarding the crash. An investigation into the incident found that the person riding the scooter, identified as Adam Gaconnet, was hit by a vehicle. Gaconnet died at the scene.
Police said the driver of the vehicle was driving while intoxicated. The vehicle's driver was charged with a DWI, APD said. The driver was identified as 21-year-old Francisco Jauregui.
The crash is being investigated as Austin's 35th fatal crash of 2022, resulting in 26 fatalities this year. On this date in 2021, there were 34 total crashes resulting in 36 fatalities, APD said.
No additional information is available at this time.
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