Austin,TX : Boat collision near Loop 360 bridge critically injures man, woman missing on January, Tuesday 23rd 2018

Emergency crews are searching Lake Austin near the Loop 360 bridge after two fishing boats collided, injuring a man in his 50s. First responders are searching in the water for a woman who has not been accounted for.

The Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS were dispatched to the area south of the bridge, also known as the Pennybacker Bridge, at 7:55 p.m. Tuesday.

The man has critical, life-threatening injuries, medics say, and was moved on a rescue boat to an awaiting STAR Flight medical helicopter. A third person has minor injuries and was not taken to the hospital, ATCEMS said.

Crews respond to a boat collision in Lake Austin near the Loop 360/Pennybacker Bridge on Jan. 23, 2018 (KXAN Photo/Tim Holcomb)
Crews respond to a boat collision in Lake Austin near the Loop 360/Pennybacker Bridge on Jan. 23, 2018 (KXAN Photo/Tim Holcomb)
Firefighters first made contact with one of the boats involved in the crash at 8:11 p.m. Officials were told by a witness that someone got out of the boat and swam to shore, but that person has yet to be located.

When the boats crashed, people living along the Lake Austin shoreline heard screaming and called 911. Divers are searching the water and an Austin police helicopter is using thermal imaging to pick up any body heat in the water.

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Boat collision near Loop 360 bridge critically injures man, woman missing