Fatal auto-pedestrian crash in downtown Austin shuts down I-35, leaves one dead

Fatal pedestrian crash
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AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- One person is dead following an auto-pedestrian crash in downtown Austin Wednesday morning.

Police say it happened just before 5:30 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound mainlanes at Cesar Chavez.

Traffic was being diverted to the frontage road; delays were stretching back to US Highway 183 according to TxDOT data. Officials finally cleared the mainlanes just before 8:30 a.m.

An investigation into the crash is ongoing.

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