{"id":472980,"date":"2026-10-22T04:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472980\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T04:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T04:06:07","slug":"one-dead-in-east-austin-motorcycle-crash-fm-969-closed-in-both-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472980\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead in East Austin motorcycle crash, FM 969 closed in both directions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 One person died following a collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in East Austin Wednesday evening, prompting the closure of FM 969 in both directions, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported around 6:21 p.m. in the 7800 block of FM 969.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/austin-police-seek-black-pickup-truck-linked-to-copper-thefts-in-mueller-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Austin police seek black pickup truck linked to copper thefts in Mueller area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Austin-Travis County EMS said medics attempted lifesaving measures, but an adult patient was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Texas Department of Transportation, both directions of FM 969 near Rogers Loop were closed as of 8:06 p.m. due to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers were advised to expect traffic delays in the area and seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>The victim&#8217;s identity and the circumstances surrounding the crash have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>No additional information was immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 One person died following a collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in East Austin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-472980","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\/472980","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=472980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}