A police pursuit ended with a deadly wreck involving a train in East Austin Friday morning, and the road is expected to be closed through the morning commute.
It happened around 2:40 a.m. on E. 7th Street between Webberville and Pedernales.
It started when the Austin Police Department observed suspicious behavior on cameras in the area of Neches and 7th St. Police say someone was walking around touching car door handles and eventually entered one of the vehicles. When police told the person to get out of the car, they say it became apparent that the man was intoxicated.
At that point, he turned the car on and led police on a high-speed pursuit driving through barricades and over curbs as he headed eastbound on 7th Street.Austin-Travis County EMS says the driver was pinned in and had to be extricated from the vehicle.Austin police say streets in the area will be closed through rush hour. This impacts 6th Street and 7th Street up to Webberville.They will be assisting customers between their Martin Luther King Jr. and Downtown stations.
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