{"id":430741,"date":"2026-09-09T15:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430741\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T15:48:08","slug":"pickup-driver-seriously-injured-in-crash-with-construction-vehicle-near-tesla-gigafactory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430741\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup driver seriously injured in crash with construction vehicle near Tesla Gigafactory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas  \u2014 A driver was extricated and flown to a hospital Wednesday morning after a pickup truck collided with a large construction vehicle near Tesla Road and FM 973, Austin-Travis County EMS said.<\/p>\n<p>Medics responded the crash at 8:33 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/its-not-safe-neighbors-near-fm-973-say-road-needs-safety-improvements-travis-county-austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | &#8216;It&#8217;s not safe&#8217;: Neighbors near FM 973 say road needs safety improvements<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver of the pickup was initially pinned inside the vehicle. Crews later freed the driver from the wreckage, according to ATCEMS. <\/p>\n<p>STAR Flight transported the patient to Dell Seton Medical Center, ATCEMS said. The patient sustained serious but not expected to be life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>CBS Austin has a crew on the way to the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas \u2014 A driver was extricated and flown to a hospital Wednesday morning after a pickup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-430741","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\/430741","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=430741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}