Vehicle rescue shuts down 183: 1 dead, 3 hospitalized
AUSTIN, Texas - One person is dead and three people are hospitalized after a wreck in Southeast Austin.
US Highway 183 was shut down just before 7 a.m. on Thursday when two vehicles crashed near East William Cannon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.
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One person died, another was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and two others were pinned in.
Crews spent more than an hour rescuing them from the wreck. Austin firefighters had to use heavy lifting techniques to free them.
Both were taken to a hospital, one by STAR Flight and the other by ambulance.