AUSTIN, Texas - One person is dead and another is injured after a major crash in Northeast Austin. According to ATCEMS, on March 12, around 6:23 p.m., a major crash happened in the 6800 block of E US 290 HWY, near Berkman Dr. One person is dead, and another person was taken to a local hospital for their injuries.

One person is dead, and another was injured, after a crash happened in east Austin, Austin-Travis County EMS said on social media. ATCEMS medics and the Austin Police Department responded to the crash at Berkman Drive and U.

A deadly crash on U.S. 290 near Interstate 35 is under investigation in East Austin. The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. Wednesday near Berkman Drive. Both the eastbound and westbound lanes of 290 have been shut down due to the crash.