Four people killed in two separate overnight crashes
AUSTIN, Texas - Investigations are underway after two separate crashes left four people dead overnight.
Austin-Travis County EMS says two people were killed in a crash in the 1400 block of East Anderson Lane at around 3:30 a.m.
The Austin Police Department says that the two people killed were both men in their 20s. APD says they were traveling in their car at a high speed when they ran a red light and hit a box truck.
The men were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck was not hurt.
Officials say a third car was also hit in the crash. The person in that car was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.
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Another crash in far South Austin also killed two people. The crash happened just before 1 a.m. on I-35 just south of SH-45.
Austin police say the driver of a small sedan was heading south in the northbound lanes of the interstate when the driver hit a truck that was pulling a travel trailer head-on. Both vehicles ended up on fire.
The driver of the car, identified as a Hispanic man between the ages of 30-40, was thrown from his vehicle and died at the scene.
The driver of the truck, identified as a white man between the ages of 40-50, was also pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman who was a passenger in the truck was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
