Marble Falls,TX : Two dead in Round Mountain crash on July, Monday 3rd 2017

An auto crash near Round Mountain on Monday, July 3, ended in the death of the two occupants of a car that failed to stop for Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers.

Traffic was back up for miles to be re-routed from US 281 over the hours it took to clear the wreckage shown in videos from the scene littering the highway.

The names of the deceased still hand not been released late Friday, pending notification of next of kin.

In the Blanco County event July 3 DPS Troopers had attempted to stop the Grey Honda passenger car as it sped northbound on US 281 in Blanco County at 11:30 a.m.

“According to the preliminary investigation, the Honda entered the trooper’s lane of traffic, as the DPS patrol unit was traveling in the opposite direction on the same roadway,” reads the scant statement released by DPS Staff Sgt. Robbie Barrera Monday. “The Trooper’s emergency vehicle equipment was activated and the driver of the car refused to stop, continuing to travel northbound.”

“At approximately 11:32 a.m., the evading vehicle struck two other vehicles that were traveling in the opposite direction. As a result of the crash, both the driver and passenger of the evading vehicle were pronounced deceased at the scene.”

As a result of the crash, both the driver and passenger of the evading vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of one of the other vehicles was transported to Seton Hospital Austin with non-life threatening injures, and the other driver was treated and released at the scene.

“The Texas Department of Public Safety State Reconstruction Team is conducting the ongoing investigation.,” said Barrera. “The identities of the deceased will not be released until next of kin have been notified (and) no further information will be released at this time.”


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Two dead in Round Mountain crash on July 3 still unnamed