A Driftwood man was killed in an April 30 multi-vehicle wreck that occurred along U.S. Highway 290 near Fitzhugh Road.
Samuel Joseph Lowrance, 33, of Driftwood, was identified as the victim, according to multiple media reports.
Austin Travis County EMS personnel originally responded to a reported pin-in collision in the 11100 block of West U.S. 290 near Fitzhugh Lane around 6:30 a.m. April 30. Full details of the wreck are unknown at this time.
ATCEMS officials said one person, later identified as Lowrance, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Four other people were injured in the wreck, according to officials. One person was transported April 30 to an Austin area hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries. The condition and identity of that person is unknown at this time.
Two people were transported to a hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries, while another person refused medical treatment.
Authorities closed all lanes of U.S. 290 near Fitzhugh Road for several hours to investigate the crash.
The death marks the second fatality in roughly a month’s time on West U.S. 290 between Oak Hill and the Dripping Springs area.
On April 18, a 20-year-old man was killed in a three-vehicle collision that occurred on West U.S. 290 near RM 1826 in the Oak Hill area.