AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said 75-year-old Lynda R. Pierson died a few days later after a two-vehicle crash in Del Valle on Aug. 12, a press release from APD said.
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Police said the crash happened at 3:09 p.m. at the intersection on East State Highway 71 westbound service road and South FM 973 Road.
Pierson was taken to the hospital and the driver of the other vehicle stayed at the scene. She later died at the hospital on Aug. 16, Austin police said.
This incident is being investigated as Austin’s 64th fatal crash of 2025, resulting in 68 fatalities…