A 20-year-old man is dead after crashing his car early Saturday morning in East Austin, according to Austin Travis County EMS.
The crash happened at Decker Lane and FM 969 around 4 a.m. There were no other passengers.
This is the 82nd traffic fatality in Austin this year. As of this this time last year, there were 46 traffic deaths.
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The man crashed his car into a tree, reports KXAN. Officials are investigating the cause of the crash.
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