{"id":382883,"date":"2026-07-22T20:54:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382883\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:54:34","slug":"police-searching-for-suspect-who-fled-scene-after-crash-that-injured-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382883\/","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for suspect who fled scene after crash that injured driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who allegedly walked away from a crash in Southeast Austin earlier this year that left the other driver injured, according to the Austin Police Department.<\/p>\n

The crash occurred around 12:27 a.m. on Friday, May 8, near S. US 183 northbound and Metropolis Drive, police said. The suspect rear-ended another vehicle, causing minor injuries to the other driver, according to APD.<\/p>\n

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The suspect initially remained at the scene but then fled on foot across US 183, police said. Her vehicle, a silver 2017 Cadillac XT5, was impounded.<\/p>\n

The suspect is described as a white female with blonde hair, according to APD.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to submit a tip anonymously through the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at austincrimestoppers.org<\/a> or by calling 512-472-8477. <\/p>\n

A reward of up to $1,000 may be available for information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who allegedly walked away from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-382883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}