AUSTIN, Texas — One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a fiery crash on State Highway 45 early Friday morning.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said that troopers responded to a fatal crash on SH 45, approximately two miles west of Turnerville Road, at around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) said at around that same time that medics were responding to a crash involving a pinned-in adult patient and a vehicle fully engulfed with active fire.
The preliminary DPS investigation indicates that a pickup truck and a four-door vehicle collided on the northbound lanes of SH 45. As a result, the driver of the four-door vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup was transported by STAR Flight to a hospital in Austin.
DPS said that northbound SH 45 was shut down at Turnerville Road Friday morning. The Travis County Sheriff's Office also said just after 3 a.m. that its deputies were working the crash and that eastbound lanes would be closed for an extended period of time.
No additional information is available at this time.
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