AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) medics responded to a major crash involving multiple vehicles, including a semitruck, on Interstate 35 Wednesday morning.
ATCEMS said the crash occurred at 12100 N. Interstate 35 southbound. ATCEMS initially said there were a total of 12 patients, that five people needed transport to a hospital and that two people had been declared trauma alerts.
In a later update, ATCEMS said one adult and one late-teenage patient had been taken to a hospital with potentially serious but not expected to be life-threatening injuries, while two other adults were taken to a different hospital, one with minor, non-life-threatening injuries and the other with potentially serious but not expected to be life-threatening injuries.
In addition to those four patients, four other patients were evaluated but had no complaints of injuries, and four more were evaluated but refused EMS transport.
As of 9 a.m., KVUE traffic cameras show that I-35 was blocked off from Yager Lane to Braker Lane due to the crash. Detours were in progress onto the service road.
ATCEMS said drivers should expect continued traffic delays.
No additional information is available at this time.
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