AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman suspected of stealing a pickup truck and later fleeing the scene of a crash that left another driver injured.
According to the Austin Police Department, a white 2011 Ford F-250 was stolen from a mechanic shop in the 7200 block of the westbound U.S. Highway 290 service road around 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6. The following morning, around 7:40 a.m. on Oct. 7, the stolen truck was involved in a collision with another vehicle in the 7900 block of northbound Research Boulevard.
Police said the truck’s driver left the scene without providing information and fled on a yellow bicycle taken from the bed of the pickup. The other driver suffered minor injuries in the crash…