Driver dead, 5 hurt as car crashes into hospital in Austin, Texas

A driver died and five other people, including two children, were injured Tuesday when a car crashed into a hospital in Austin, Texas, officials said.

A driver died and five other people, including two children, were injured Tuesday when a car crashed into a hospital in Austin, Texas, officials said.

The number of injured was less than the 10 initially reported. They included a child and an adult hospitalized in critical condition, emergency and hospital officials said at an evening news conference.

The driver of the sedan that plowed into the emergency room area of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center was pulled from the wreckage and received CPR but succumbed to injuries, officials said.

Injured survivors had been in the lobby of the hospital's emergency room section, said Dr. Peter DeYoung, the facility's chief medical officer.

Emergency room doctors swung into action and worked on the driver and others injured by the crash, he said. He called the loss of life a "tragedy."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/10-injured-car-crashes-hospital-austin-texas-rcna138741

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