Two Killed, Juvenile Seriously Injured in Single-Vehicle Crash on Ed Bluestein Boulevard in Austin
Austin is a city in Travis County, Texas. The Austin Police Department (APD) said in an October 15 release that a single-vehicle crash on the night of October 14 killed two adults and seriously injured a juvenile in east Austin.
At approximately 9:59 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, APD officers responded to the crash in the 900 block of the southbound Ed Bluestein Boulevard service road. The driver, Adan Rodriguez, 38, and the front-seat passenger, Ruby Rodriguez, 39, were pronounced deceased at the scene. The juvenile rear-seat passenger was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries and remains in the intensive care unit.
Preliminary information indicates the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when, for unknown reasons, it left the service road and struck the concrete barrier separating the service road from the main lanes. The vehicle sustained extensive damage. The case number is 26-2871587.
The incident is being investigated as Austin's 69th fatal crash of 2026, resulting in 70 fatalities. On the date of this crash in 2025, 77 fatal crashes had resulted in 81 deaths.
Police said the statements are from the initial assessment of the crash and the investigation is still pending, so fatality information may change. Anyone with information should contact APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111, or submit a tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at 512-472-8477.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：Austin的 US 183 南向公路与 Bolm Road 出口一带，事故发生的 Ed Bluestein Boulevard 即 US 183 的一部分。照片：Larry D. Moore，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0。Photo: US 183 South at the Bolm Road exit in Austin; Ed Bluestein Boulevard is part of US 183. Photo by Larry D. Moore, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
