Preventing Disaster: Austin hospital crash among 300+ in U.S. since 2014

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- When a car slammed into an Austin emergency room in early 2023, killing the driver and injuring five others, KXAN investigators dug into the safety concerns surrounding a hospital without security barriers at its entrance. Over the next three months, KXAN investigators traveled to dozens of hospitals across Central Texas, analyzed similar crashes across the state and broadened the scope of our research nationwide. We learned of more than 300 such crashes at medical cen