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Austin’s last auto fatality occurred ten days before the end of the year, reports say, making 2010 a year with less than average roadway deaths – good news for the state’s capitol. Still, it was unfortunate for the 38-year-old white female who was walking across the southbound lanes of IH 35 South, the year’s last traffic-accident victim. As she walked across the freeway for unspecified reason, a grey Toyota traveling southbound on IH 35 struck her. She was then struck…

Reports say a white 2009 Acura traveling northbound on Northland Dr. reportedly ran the red light at the intersection of Northland Dr. and Balcones Dr. as a tan 1997 Ford, driven by Federico Orozco, entered the intersection and was struck by the Acura. Orozco was extricated from the Ford and transported to University Medical Center-Brackenridge by Austin-Travis County EMS with serious injuries. Orozco was also transported and pronounced deceased at the hospital as a result of the injuries he sustained…

Austin Police Officers responded to a crash in the 10800 block of Metric Blvd late last month involving a motorcycle that was traveling south bound on Metric Boulevard. The crash occurred when a Capital Metro bus came to a stop in the right lane and other vehicles stopped behind it. The motorcycle struck the back of a stopped flatbed truck. The driver of the motorcycle, who was wearing a helmet, was transported to University Medical Center-Brackenridge with critical injuries by…

Austin Police Officers responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 10200 block of Dessau Rd to assist a driver of a red Jeep Wrangler that was traveling southbound on Dessau Rd. Riding with five other Hispanic male occupants, the driver of the Jeep lost control, of the vehicle, crossed the center median, rolled over across the north bound lanes of Dessau Rd., and came to rest in the grass on the east side of Dessau Rd. Four of the occupants…

An early-morning accident has left one man dead and another hospitalized in Central Austin. Reports say an Austin patrol officer came upon the accident just after 2:15 a.m. Monday, finding a car that had crashed into a light pole on Riverside, near I-35. Although both the driver of the car driver and its passenger were both taken to University Medical Center at Brackenridge, the passenger reportedly did not make it, and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Both men had…