APD: Deceased Driver In Fatal Hwy 183 Crash Was 13 Years Old - KEYE TV
Police have identified the t wo people killed Thursday afternoon after crashing their truck in Southeast Austin -- and police say the driver who later died was only 13 years old. Investigators say a white 2003 Toyota Tacoma traveling westbound on Burleson Road ran a red light at the Hwy 183 intersection and was struck on the driver's side door by a 2013 Kenworth truck traveling northbound on Hwy 183. The impact caused the... Police say all three occupants of the Tacoma were transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge where the passenger -- identified as Vanessa Maldonado, 16 -- and the driver -- identified as Johan Maldonado, 13 -- were pronounced deceased. The driver and passenger of the F-150 were transported to St. David's South Austin Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Kenworth truck had no injuries, police say. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the APD Vehicular Homicide Unit Detectives at (512) 974-5789. This is Austin's 66th fatal traffic crash and the 71st fatality of 2015. At this time in 2014, there were 34 fatality... Source: www.keyetv.com
