Fatality in Cap Metro Train Collision

Update 1 p.m.: Capital Metro says complete rail service should be back on regular schedule by 1:15 p.m.

Update 10:30 a.m.: A 32 year-old man was killed in a Capital Metro rail collision this morning. Two children were also in the car with the unnamed man, and were taken to Dell Children’s Hospital. Capital Metro spokesperson Misty Whited tells KUT she’s learned the children are in stable condition.

127 passengers were aboard the train at the time of the collision, plus one train operator.

The collision occurred at a private drive crossing the Cap Metro rail line; out of 74 total crossings along the rail line, 13 are on private drives. Only two have crossing gates; the crossing at Oak Hill Drive (mapped below) did not have a gate, only a stop sign.

Whited says the Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the accident, although the agency does not regulate private crossings. 

Original post: A Capital Metro train has collided with a vehicle near Parmer and MoPac. Austin Police report one person was killed.

Police say traffic in the area around Oak Creek Drive will be diverted for the foreseeable future.

More than 100 passengers were on the train. No one on the train was injured.  Capital Metro says trains will still run between Leander and Lakeline and between Kramer and Downtown, but to expect delays. 

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