AUSTIN, Texas — The southbound lanes of US 183 are shut down Friday morning after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian.
APD says that the pickup truck struck a pedestrian in the 13000 block of US 183 in the southbound lanes of the highway just before 4 a.m. Friday morning.
Police say the pedestrian was presumptively trying to cross the highway when they were hit.
Police and EMS responded to the scene and attempted medical care on the victim; APD says that person was declared dead at 4:25 a.m.
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Vehicular Homicide Units are not at the scene yet. APD says that those responders are currently en route after investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened around 3 a.m. Friday morning in south Austin.
APD says that this delay in investigation will likely cause US 183 to remain closed for at least three more hours.
Police say traffic is being diverted at the Spicewood Springs Road / McNeil Road exit just after Anderson Mill Road.
APD says that investigators are performing sobriety tests on the driver of the pickup truck, who remained on scene after the crash. A DWI unit is on scene, according to APD.
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A CBS Austin crew is at the scene.