One person died and another was injured in a two-vehicle crash near Pace Bend Road and State Highway 71 in western Travis County Thursday morning. A woman died in a head-on crash on State Highway 207 in Carson County Thursday evening.
Where
Pace Bend Road and State Highway 71, western Travis County, and State Highway 207, Carson County
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The facts
Crash in Travis County reported at about 8:30 a.m. near Pace Bend Road and State Highway 71 involved a commercial motor vehicle and a pickup truck.1
Pickup truck driver pronounced dead at scene in Travis County crash; other driver taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.1
Carson County head-on crash on State Highway 207 occurred October 29 around 5 p.m.2
2007 Kia Sportage driven by 64-year-old Suzen Dlee Watkins of Panhandle traveling north on State Highway 207 when it attempted to turn left and struck 2019 Ford F-150 traveling south.2
Watkins taken to Northwest Texas hospital where she died from her injuries; Ford driver sustained minor injuries.2
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