AUSTIN -- Two people died and two others were sent to hospitals Sunday morning after a car driving the wrong way on State Highway 130 slammed into another car.
At about 6:30 a.m., a person called to report that someone was driving the wrong way on SH 130 north of Highway 71 in southeast Austin. Police believe the driver of the Hyundai Sonata, later identified as 29-year-old Stephen Flores from Buda, entered the highway from Mustang Ridge and drove for 13 miles. Flores' car then hit a Ford SUV head-on, killing both drivers immediately.
The driver of the SUV has been identified as 42-year-old Walter Pilcher from Round Rock. His 15-year-old son, who was also in the vehicle, was taken Dell Children's Medical Center.
A pick-up truck driven by 49-year-old Dawn Morris from Hutto crashed into the SUV. She was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge in critical condition. Morris recalled the crash and said there was no time to swerve to avoid the accident. She was driving her pickup truck in the righthand lane, slightly behind Pilcher, who was in the lefthand lane.
"I can remember seeing the two vehicles hit and if was like this little explosion, and I had this thought where maybe I'm going fast enough where I can get past it; but then all of the sudden it was like, bam!," Morris said. "It was like a freight train just hit me."
A DPS spokesperson said it's likely Flores was going the speed limit, but it's too early to say if alcohol was a factor in the crash.
