{"id":441659,"date":"2026-09-20T04:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441659\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T04:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T04:12:25","slug":"texas-dps-motorcycle-trooper-hit-by-car-in-south-austin-woman-charged-with-dwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/441659\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS motorcycle trooper hit by car in South Austin; woman charged with DWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Texas Department of Public Safety motorcycle trooper was released from the hospital, and a woman was arrested after she allegedly hit the trooper with her car Friday night in South Austin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to DPS spokesman Sgt. Billy Ray, a Volkswagen Golf struck the trooper&#8217;s motorcycle while he was stopped at a red light about 8:50 p.m. Friday on Ben White Boulevard near <a data-ylk=\"slk:South Congress Avenue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/real-estate\/article\/twin-oaks-redevelopment-22375417.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">South Congress Avenue<\/a>. The trooper was taken to a hospital, where he was treated and released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ray said the Volkswagen&#8217;s driver, a 28-year-old woman, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated with an open container. The crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up for the Daily Briefing from the Austin American-Statesman. Start your day with the must-read headlines from Austin&#039;s most trusted news source.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/newsletters\/daily-briefing\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=cta&amp;utm_campaign=textlink\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for the Daily Briefing from the Austin American-Statesman. Start your day with the must-read headlines from Austin&#8217;s most trusted news source.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a data-ylk=\"slk:Texas DPS motorcycle trooper hit by car in South Austin; woman charged with DWI;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/local\/article\/dps-trooper-hit-by-car-south-austin-dwi-22439688.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Texas DPS motorcycle trooper hit by car in South Austin; woman charged with DWI<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas Department of Public Safety motorcycle trooper was released from the hospital, and a woman was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,11297,134,133,101841,4522,6877,152818],"class_list":["post-441659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-american-statesman","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-billy-ray","tag-south-austin","tag-texas-department-of-public-safety","tag-volkswagen-golf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441659","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=441659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}