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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:44 am 
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Two people have been killed and as many as 23 injured after a car hit a crowd of people outside a nightclub in downtown Austin and its suspected driver fled on foot, officials say.

The incident took place outside the Mohawk bar early Thursday morning on Red River and 10 streets in downtown Austin.

The news was first reported by the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Service Public Information Office.

Officials said that of the 23 people who have been taken to hospital, five are in a critical condition.

Police have confirmed that the driver of the vehicle is in custody.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said officers initially tried to pull over the driver at a gas station on the Interstate 35 service road.

The driver fled the wrong way down Ninth Street, which is a one-way street, and turned onto Red River, hitting pedestrians at a "high rate of speed."

Acevedo said the driver hit a man and a woman on a moped, a taxi and a van before stopping the vehicle and fleeing on foot. The driver was eventually tased and taken into custody. The two people on the moped were killed.

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People perform CPR on a woman after she was struck by a vehicle on Red River Street in downtown Austin, Texas, at SXSW on Wednesday.(Photo: Jay Janner, AP)


Acevedo said the driver will be charged with two counts of capital murder.

Austin is playing host to the annual South by Southwest festival, which brings thousands of people to the city for its program of films, music and interactive technology."Austin Police Department is investigating this matter as allegedly involving drunk driving. If this is true, this fact angers me. Drunk driving is never acceptable, and can lead to deadly consequences," Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell said in a statement early Thursday.
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Looks like JORR took a quick trip to Austin....
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SomeGuy wrote:
Looks like JORR took a quick trip to Austin....


"Airport security cameras have images of a man in a fedora and suit picking up a rental car shortly after getting off his flight."
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This is the hipster's 9/11.

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This is the hipster's 9/11.


:lol:


http://www.theonion.com/articles/37-rec ... ngo-c,116/
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:59 pm 
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The driver was apparently trying to avoid a sobriety checkpoint.

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Jaw Breaker wrote:
The driver was apparently trying to avoid a sobriety checkpoint.

Sounds like he did.

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I'd say you would pretty successful at avoiding most checkpoints and red light cameras by driving thru buildings.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:
I'd say you would pretty successful at avoiding most checkpoints and red light cameras by driving thru buildings.

Without the unconstitutional checkpoint, those two people would probably be alive.
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