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Alcohol a Factor in East Austin Fatal Accident

Posted on Aug 12, 2007

Austin Police detectives say 23-year-old Alfonso Hernandez Vizcallla will face charges of intoxication manslaughter and failing to stop and render aid in a fatal accident at Manor Road and Pecan Springs Road in East Austin August 11.

Traffic Fatality is Austin’s 40th in 2007

According to Austin CBS affiliate KEYE, police said Vizcalla’s Dodge pickup ran a stop sign and hit the driver's side of a passing car. The woman driving the Chevrolet Cavalier was taken to Brackenridge Hospital, where she died. It was the 40th traffic fatality in Austin this year.

Vizcalla and three passengers in the truck fled on foot before police later located the driver.

"It's very nice to quickly apprehend the person who left the scene of the collision,” Austin Police Corporal Derek Israel said. “We have a lot of ‘leaving-the-scene’ collisions in Austin, including ones that are fatal. When we're able to apprehend someone quickly, it's a very good day."

Witnesses to the accident should call the Austin Police Department at (512) 974-8212.

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