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David Earl Bedford Jr.

Case # :527

Gender : Male

Age : 29

Race : Black

Date : 05/12/2023

Location : E Seventh+ Neches St

City : Austin

County : Travis

State : Texas

Agency : Austin PD

Officer(s) : Not Disclosed

Cause of death : Vehicle

Event : Police chased possible DUI driver into path of a train

Disposition : No Known charges

Open records summary :

Austin PDtried to stop a driver at East Seventh and Neches Streets at 2:36 a.m. but the driver took off. With police chasing him, he then hit the train at the crossing of Seventh Street and Northwestern Avenue. The driver, David Earl Bedford Jr., died as a result.

Source links :

https://www.ktsm.com/news/car-hits-train-in-austin-after-police-chase-driver-dies/

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/car-hits-train-after-chase-driver-in-hospital/

https://www.kxan.com/news/police-identify-driver-whose-car-hit-a-train-after-police-chase-and-later-died/