AUSTIN, Texas — Police are investigating after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene in northwest Austin on Friday morning.
According to the Austin Police Department, officers responded to the crash in the 13000 block of Pond Springs Road around 2:44 a.m. on Jan. 31.
The vehicle involved in the crash left the scene, APD said.
The pedestrian, who was later identified as Beth Wynne, was taken to a local hospital and was pronounced dead on Saturday, Feb. 1.
The incident is being investigated as Austin’s fifth fatal crash of 2025, resulting in five deaths. On the date of this crash in 2024, two fatal crashes resulted in two deaths.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact APD at 512-974-8111 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 512-472-8477.