Overview
- Two people died in separate Austin crashes within about an hour early in the morning, adding to the city's 2026 fatality count.
- Police said a motorcycle left the road on the 2600 block of W. Slaughter Lane, killing rider Evan Sedall, 27.
- A southbound pickup on the 13000 block of U.S. 183 struck a person on foot who was pronounced dead at 4:25 a.m.
- The pickup driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with officers, and police have not yet identified the pedestrian.
- TxDOT closed all southbound lanes of U.S. 183 at Anderson Mill at 4:53 a.m. before reopening hours later, and police said homicide investigators reached the scene late because they were handling the earlier crash.