Three taken to hospitals after head-on collision on FM 1174

Three people were transported by helicopters to area hospitals after a two-vehicle head-on collision Wednesday afternoon at the Cow Creek bridge on FM 1174.

The site of the accident is about 12 miles south of Bertram and about three miles north of the FM 1174 intersection with FM 1431.

Witnesses said a pickup pulling a trailer south on FM 1431 crossed into the north-bound lane and struck a car carrying three people.

The three people in the car were airlifted by helicopters from Marble Falls and Austin to area hospitals.

The names of the injured and the hospitals they were taken to were not released.

The driver of the pickup was administered a series of field sobriety tests by Department of Public Safety officers investigating the accident and was subsequently handcuffed, placed in the back of a DPS patrol car and taken from the scene.

See Friday’s Marble Falls Highlander and the Feb. 11 Burnet Bulletin for the complete story.