Two people were injured, one critically, in a crash that sparked a vehicle fire on Texas 71 in eastern Travis County early Monday morning, prompting a road closure lasting several hours.
Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the two-vehicle collision in the 5100 block of eastbound Texas 71 in Del Valle around 4:54 a.m. One of the vehicles caught fire, according to medics. In a traffic alert issued at 5:23 a.m., the sheriff’s office warned that clearing the crash would take hours and urged drivers to find alternate routes.
Crews cleared the wreck and reopened the road by 8:35 a.m. according to the sheriff’s office, after an earlier closure of all eastbound lanes past Kellam Road.
Emergency crews transported one adult to Dell Seton Medical Center with life-threatening injuries. Another adult was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center with serious injuries.
Authorities had not released information about what caused the collision or the identities of those injured as of Monday morning.