News: Child hospitalized after ATV rollover accident in east Travis County
TRAVIS COUNTY, TX – A child was injured after an ATV crashed in east Travis County this afternoon, according to the Austin-Travis County EMS.
#ATCEMS & @Traviscoesd12 are on scene of a Wilderness Rescue at 9000blk Tristam Dr (14:50). Initial reports of a child who suffered a traumatic injury after an ATV rolled on top of them, and is in a “pasture.” More information to follow.— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) March 17, 2021
The accident happened at 2:50 p.m., about three miles southwest of Littig and eight miles southwest of Elgin in the 9000 block of Tristam Drive, when an ATV rolled on top of a child in a pasture.
The child was rescued from the scene and was taken to Dell Children’s with non-critical wounds.
It is unclear what led the ATV to land on top of the child at this time.
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