Car hits train after chase; driver dies

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police said the driver of a car that hit a train Friday morning in east Austin following a chase between police has died. Officials believed the chase was with a suspected drunk driver.According to police, officers attempted to stop the driver at East Seventh and Neches Streets at 2:36 a.m. but the driver took off.
The driver then hit the train at the crossing of Seventh Street and Northwestern Avenue. That's just west of Pleasant Valley Road.
According to Austin Tra