Pedestrian dies in crash on South Congress near William Cannon

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A section of South Congress Avenue southbound was closed after a pedestrian died in a crash Wednesday morning, according to the Austin Police Department.

APD said in a post on X at 7:18 a.m. that officers were responding to a deadly crash in the 7200 block of South Congress Avenue. That's south of William Cannon Drive between Cloudview Drive and Meadow Lea Drive.

Austin-Travis County EMS said medics responded to the crash, which was a vehicle-pedestrian collision.