Pedestrian fatality mars Marble Falls 4th
Thomas Pfeifer Jr. of Cottonwood Shores was identified as the driver that struck the pedestrian.
The exhilaration of the Marble Falls Community Fire Works show was shattered at about 10:20 p.m. last night, Tuesday, July 4, when a pedestrian, Cynthia Lee Young, 60, of Spring Branch, was struck and killed as she was leaving the event.
"Traffic leaving the celebration in Lakeside Park was down to not even an a trickle of stragglers when this occurred," said Detective Capt. Tom Dillard, one of a large team of Marble Falls Police Department officers on the scene or on duty until about 4 a.m. Wednesday. "We had begun our debriefing at the mobile command center when we heard shouts for help.
"We were able to get to the victim quickly and she was still alive when she was transported to the helipad at Marble Falls Fire Rescue. It is unclear to the police department at this time exactly when she passed away."
The driver of the truck, Thomas Pfeifer Jr. of Cottonwood Shores, was eastbound on Yett Street when he struck the victim in the intersection with Main Street. Now charged with the second degree felony of leaving the scene which involved a death, Pfeifer surrended at the MFPD later in the evening.
"The investigation is ongoing," said Dillard. "An autopsy will be performed by the Travis County Medical Examiner."
The following alert was issued at 3 a.m. by the Marble Falls Police Deparment:
On the evening of July 4th at approximately 10:50 p.m., a pedestrian was struck in the intersection of Main and Yett streets in Marble Falls. Witnesses notified first responders who were still at the Lakeside Park boat ramp due to the fireworks show. Cynthia Lee Young, 60, of Spring Branch, Texas was struck by a 2013 Dodge pick-up driven by 33 year old Thomas Pfeifer Jr. of Cottonwood Shores, Texas. Young was transported by helicopter to Dell Seton Hospital in Austin where she later died from her injuries. Pfeifer fled the scene but was identified through eye witness information and later turned himself in at the Marble Falls Police Department. Pfeifer was booked into the Burnet County jail on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident causing death.
