AUSTIN, Texas — Austin police on Wednesday identified a 9-year-old girl killed in a two-vehicle crash on the northbound I-35 service road at East Ben White.
Police identified the child as Lilliana Segura.
The crash happened around 7:41 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of the South I-35 northbound service road and the East Ben White Boulevard westbound service road, according to the Austin Police Department.
It involved a Jeep Compass carrying a driver and two juvenile passengers and a Tesla Cybertruck with a single driver, police said.
Both juveniles from the Jeep were taken to a hospital, where Segura was pronounced dead, authorities said. The other child remains hospitalized in critical condition. The drivers of both vehicles were also taken to hospitals for treatment.
Police said the Jeep was traveling north on the I-35 service road while the Tesla was traveling west on the East Ben White Boulevard service road.
Both drivers are cooperating with investigators, and police said neither was intoxicated.
This is Austin's 56th fatal crash of 2026, according to police.
Anyone with information is asked to call APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111 or submit an anonymous tip to Capital Area Crime Stoppers at austincrimestoppers.org or 512-472-8477.