Pedestrian critically injured after being hit by driver near COTA

A pedestrian was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle early Tuesday morning in Del Valle.

It happened just after 3 a.m. on FM 812 and Piland Triangle near Circuit of the Americas.

When Austin Travis County EMS arrived, the patient was unconscious and later went into cardiac arrest.

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Medics performed extensive life-saving efforts and transported the patient with CPR in progress to St. David's South.

FM 812 is closed in both directions while law enforcement investigates.

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