AUSTIN, Texas — A woman is dead after a driver drove the wrong way and crashed on US 183 near the airport on Sunday morning.
APD says that officers responded to reports of a wrong-way driver going south in the northbound lanes on US 183 near McCall Lane in southeast Austin, the call coming in just after 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police say multiple vehicles were involved in the crash. One of the drivers involved, a woman in her 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene at around 9:50 a.m., according to APD.
APD said a woman involved in the crash has been charged with intoxication manslaughter. The suspect has not been identified.
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Northbound US 183 was shut down for several hours while first responders investigated and cleared the scene. APD said the road was reopened just before 1:10 p.m.
