1 hospitalized following crash on Capital of Texas Highway

AUSTIN, TX – According to tweets from the Austin-Travis County EMS, one person has been hospitalized after being pinned in their vehicle during a crash on the Capital of Texas Highway near Westlake Drive.

FINAL vehicle rescue 3700-4017 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY NB: After pinnin & just over 1hr extrication, 1 adult patient has been transported to St. David’s South with serious injuries. EMS no longer on scene. No further information is available.

— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) November 16, 2020

The accident took place at around 3 a.m. today. One individual became pinned in the wreckage following the single-vehicle crash. First responders took roughly an hour to extricate the victim.

That individual has since been hospitalized. Further information is not available at this time. If more details on this crash are reported, then this story will be updated.

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