{"id":141417,"date":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141417\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","slug":"icy-austin-hill-turns-into-crash-zone-as-drivers-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/141417\/","title":{"rendered":"Icy Austin Hill Turns Into Crash Zone as Drivers Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s\u00a0another reminder to exercise extreme caution once snow and\/or ice start to fall in Texas, especially when it comes to hills. And if you know anything about Austin,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0located\u00a0right smack dab in the middle of the Hill Country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m\u00a0not here to judge or ridicule my fellow Texans for having issues driving on icy roads, because\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0had my fair share of issues over the years. Hell, I drove for the first time since the ice storm\u00a0started on Friday just Tuesday\u00a0afternoon. The main roads were okay, but the side streets were packed with snow.<\/p>\n

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READ NEXT: Texas Got Snow – And Predictably, We Lost Our Minds<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, at least with snow, you can actually get some traction.\u00a0But icy roads are practically unpassable\u00a0as\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0guaranteed to lose traction. As you can see in the video below, several drivers in\u00a0Austin\u00a0were reminded of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can hear a child scream as an SUV spins out of control going downhill, eventually coming to a stop when it hits a pileup of cars that had suffered the same fate.\u00a0There\u2019s even a guy standing outside of one of the vehicles who is able to get out of the way before the SUV smacks into the pileup.\u00a0If I\u00a0were him, I would get down on my knees and thank God I\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0slip and fall on that ice. That could have been deadly.<\/p>\n

Only in Texas: The Wild Things People Do During an Arctic Blast<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Chaz<\/a><\/p>\n

Winter Storm Fern Photos in Deep East Texas<\/p>\n

I was able to get out and get some photos of the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern. They weren’t the hard-hitting photos of damage left behind like some people had to endure, but some pretty cool pictures of the ice brought on by the storm. Check it out!<\/p>\n

Gallery Credit: Mark Cunningham<\/p>\n

The 2021 Texas Snowmageddon In Pictures<\/p>\n

In February 2021, Texans endured a week of freezing temperatures without electricity. Texas became a quiet, frozen tundra.<\/p>\n

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