CPR was underway on a busy East Austin frontage road Sunday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash on the northbound Bastrop Highway service road near Montopolis Drive left one person critically injured and sent emergency crews rushing in during the midday rush.
ATCEMS on scene
According to KEYE, Austin-Travis County EMS reported that medics were on scene around 1 p.m., with CPR in progress on an adult patient. The station reports that one person was taken to St. David's South Austin Medical Center in critical condition.
Bastrop Highway's recent safety record
The northbound Bastrop Highway frontage has been the site of several serious collisions this year, drawing scrutiny from local reporters and safety advocates. A fatal crash in February and entries in the Vision Zero ATX database underscore a pattern of crashes on East Austin service roads.
Hospital and traffic resources
St. David's South Austin Medical Center, at 901 W Ben White Blvd, lists a Level II trauma center and shock-trauma resources on its site. St. David's is the nearest major trauma-capable hospital for southeast Austin.
The City of Austin's live traffic-report page tracks active incidents and is updated frequently, and local agencies use it to post on-the-ground updates that show how quickly frontage roads can bottleneck during emergency responses. The City of Austin provides those active incident listings.
What we don't yet know
Officials have not released the identity of the patient or detailed the crash cause, and the Austin Police Department had not issued an initial investigative statement by early evening. This remains a developing story, and this report will be updated if APD, ATCEMS, or hospital officials provide additional information.
