One person critically injured by train in South Austin
One person was critically injured on Saturday morning after being struck by a train in South Austin, according to the Austin-Travis County EMS.
At 10:04 a.m., the Austin fire and police departments along with EMS responded to an incident near South Lamar Boulevard and Treadwell Street.
EMS declared a trauma alert and worked to treat and extract the adult person from the railroad.
Train-pedestrian incident S Lamar/Treadwell St area (10:04) #ATCEMSMedics, @austinfiredept, & @Austin_Police on scene. #ATCEMSMedics declared an adult patient trauma alert. Treating & extricating. Several RR crossings blocked south of location. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/DQh6qxWOZD
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) May 27, 2023
The person was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center with critical life-threatening injuries.
Officials said travelers can expect delays in the area due to railroad crossings being blocked south of the location.
No more information is available at this time.
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