Two dead and two incapacitated in fatal Llano County car crash
Two teenagers were killed and two people were incapacitated in a two-vehicle crash on Feb. 1 in Llano County.
According to statements from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Sunrise Beach Fire Department, SBFD personnel and DPS troopers were sent to the scene of a fatal accident on RM 2900 at around 11:47 a.m.
A DPS investigation concluded that a northbound Toyota Camry left the roadway for an unknown reason, driving onto the grass shoulder. The driver of the Camry overcorrected when reentering the road and was struck on the right passenger side by a southbound GMC Canyon. SBFD personnel were able to stabilize the two vehicles and rescue the occupants of the GMC pickup.
The occupants of the Camry, Zackary Frischmann, 18, and Danielle Rushton, 17, of Burnet County, were pronounced dead at the scene by a Llano County Justice of the Peace.
SBFD and Hamilton EMS provided emergency support to the driver and passenger of the pickup, who were transported to a nearby hospital by CareFlight with incapacitating injuries.
The Llano County Sheriff’s Office and DPS were still investigating the crash for causation as of this article’s publication.