A crash with 17 vehicles in Austin, Texas, Let five people dead, including a child and a baby, first say first responds.
The enormous pile with a semi-paved unfolded on Thursday evening along the i-35 in the North Austin area, according to EMS of Austin-Travis County.
The agency said that several people “were attached in their vehicles” after the wreck.
“5 patients (3 adults, 1 child, 1 baby) spoke on scene,” wrote Austin-Travis County EMS on X.
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First response will be seen at the beginning of Friday, March 14 during the crash scene along I-35 Southbound in North Austin. (KTBC)
The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.
Of the 12 people who were injured, three of them are children, said civil servants.
The part of I-35 south where the crash took place seemed to be closed early on Friday morning.
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According to Austin-Travis County EMS, several people were “attached to their vehicles” after the crash. (KTBC)
“All lanes of N IH 35 SB are closed and will be a few hours. Avoid the area, expect delays and find alternative routes,” wrote Austin police on X.
Austin-Travis County EMS captain Christa Stedman told CBS Austin that “this incident was incredibly chaotic and it was spread over a 10th of a mile.
The cause of the fatal crash in Austin, Texas, was not immediately clear. (KTBC)
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“So without the cooperation of our partners, we would not have been able to manage the scene as well as we did,” she added.
