AUSTIN, Texas — One person is dead following a crash on Mopac in central Austin early Wednesday morning. Police have shut down the northbound side of the freeway while they work the scene.
APD says that officers responded to the scene just before 5 a.m. Wednesday morning near the 4500 block of North Mopac Expressway on the northbound side.
Austin-Travis County EMS reported that the pedestrian involved had been riding on a scooter and was struck by a vehicle. That person, an adult, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The driver remained on scene after the crash, according to APD.
Police say that traffic on northbound Mopac is shut down up to the 4700 block of the freeway.
APD says that the scene is fairly large, and that it will probably take three to four hours for the road to reopen.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.
A CBS Austin crew is heading to the scene.
Six E-scooter riders were killed or seriously injured in Austin through August 10, 2026, according to the city’s Vision Zero dashboard, compared with 11 during all of 2025.
This is a developing story.