A three-vehicle collision in southeast Austin on October 5 claimed the life of a 27-year-old man, according to Austin police.
The crash occurred around 4:45 a.m. on the 1500 block of East SH 1 Westbound, near the intersection with Highway 183.
Police said Ruben Ysasi, 44, was driving west on State Highway 71 in an SUV when he veered into the opposite lane and hit another SUV head-on. The driver of that vehicle was Austin K. Buckley, who died at the scene. A third SUV traveling east rear-ended Buckley’s vehicle.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.