Car strikes tree in NW Austin; 2 people hospitalized

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(Austin Fire Department)

Two people were hospitalized after their car struck a tree in Northwest Austin just after midnight Jan. 11.

The Austin Fire Department and ATCEMS were dispatched to a vehicle rescue alarm in the 6600 block of Spicewood Springs Road at 12:07 a.m.

Crews arrived on scene to find a car with three people had struck a vehicle and one person was still trapped inside. Firefighters were able to extricate the person.

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Two of the three were taken to area hospitals, one to Dell Seton Medical Center and one to St. David's Round Rock Medical Center. Both had potentially serious injuries.