Driver Killed, Two Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash on North Mopac Expressway in Austin, the City's 80th Fatal Crash of 2026
In Austin, Travis County, Texas, the Austin Police Department (APD) issued a traffic fatality release on November 13: on Wednesday, November 11, at 11:46 a.m., APD officers responded to a collision between two vehicles in the 8100 block of North Mopac Expressway NB. The driver of the first vehicle was transported to a local hospital and pronounced deceased. The deceased is an unidentified male.
The driver and passenger of the second vehicle were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The case number is 26-3150579.
The incident is being investigated as Austin's 80th fatal crash of 2026, resulting in 82 fatalities. On the date of this crash in 2025, 82 fatal crashes had resulted in 86 deaths. Police said the statements are from the initial assessment of the crash, the investigation is still pending, and fatality information may change.
Anyone with information should contact APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at 512-472-8477.
(Source: Austin Police Department)
Source: Austin Police Department
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Photo: 图：奥斯汀 Mopac Expressway。照片：Aaron Jacobs，CC BY-SA 2.5，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Mopac Expressway in Austin. Photo: Aaron Jacobs, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
