TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — One person is dead and two others are injured after a crash near Cedar Park that caused all three patients to become trapped in the vehicle.
Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) tweeted just before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday that medics and STAR Flight were responding to a reported pin-in collision in the 18000 block of FM 1431. Initial reports were that there were multiple critical patients and the extrication of one patient was in progress.
At 9:34 p.m., ATCEMS said medics were advising that there were a total of three pinned patients, with one unconscious and in the process of being extricated, and with extrication still in progress on the other two patients.
By 9:45 p.m., two of the patients had been rescued and extrication continued for the third.
At 10:13 p.m., ATCEMS said medics had obtained a "deceased on scene" pronouncement for one adult. The two other adults were transported to Round Rock Medical Center.
One was transported on the ground and is said to have serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. The other was transported by air with critical, life-threatening injures.
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