{"id":394676,"date":"2026-08-01T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394676\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:11:19","slug":"round-rock-man-killed-after-pickup-crashes-into-leander-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394676\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Rock man killed after pickup crashes into Leander store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2013 A Round Rock man died after a single-vehicle crash Friday morning in Leander that sent his pickup truck into a tire shop building, according to City of Leander.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/austin-traffic-fatality-map-2026\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tMAP: Where have Austin\u2019s fatal crashes occurred in 2026?\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews from the Leander Police Department, Leander Fire Department and Williamson County EMS responded around 7:26 a.m. to Goodyear Auto Service, 11245 Hero Way West, after reports of a crash. The only vehicle involved was a 2008 Chevrolet pickup truck.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the truck was traveling eastbound on Hero Way when it left the roadway near the intersection of Broade Way. The vehicle then crossed a business parking lot and crashed into the Goodyear Auto Service building, causing structural damage.<\/p>\n<p>First responders found the driver in critical condition and immediately began lifesaving measures at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, identified by police as Jeremy Joseph Kemp, 54, of Round Rock, was taken by Williamson County EMS to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>The city said Kemp was the sole occupant of the vehicle. No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash is under investigation by the Leander Police Department\u2019s Collision Reconstruction Team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2013 A Round Rock man died after a single-vehicle crash Friday morning in Leander that sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-394676","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\/394676","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=394676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}