One dead as vehicle crashes off Slaughter Lane overpass

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A vehicle traveling on West Slaughter Lane Tuesday afternoon crashed at least 30 feet off an overpass, killing a man in his 30s or 40s. Austin-Travis County EMS says the crash may be due to ice on the bridge.
Medics were called to the 1500 block of Slaughter, just east of Manchaca Road, at 5:14 p.m. Another man has been taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center with critical injuries.
Austin police say the overpass, which is over railroad tracks, is closed to t