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SUV rollover on Ed Bluestein service road kills 2, critically injures 1
Two people died and a third was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after an SUV struck a curb, overturned and caught fire in east Austin on Wednesday night. The crash was reported near Ed Bluestein Boulevard and Bolm Road.
Two people died and a third was critically injured after an SUV hit a curb and overturned Wednesday night on an east Austin service road, authorities said.
Emergency crews were called at about 9:59 p.m. Oct. 14 to the 1000 block of the southbound Ed Bluestein Boulevard service road, near Bolm Road, after reports of a crash and vehicle fire.
Austin Fire Department personnel forced open two doors and found two people dead inside the SUV, the department said. Austin-Travis County EMS pronounced them dead at the scene.
A third occupant, an adult, was taken by ambulance to Dell Seton Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries, EMS said. Authorities have not provided further details about what led to the crash.