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Bastrop County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a disturbance call that turned into an officer-involved shooting this weekend, according to the executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas,
A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured and flown to an Austin hospital Friday afternoon after a train-vehicle collision near Wilson Street in Bastrop, police said. Assistant Police Chief Vicky Steffanic said officers responded to the crash near Wilson and Persimmon streets about 2 p.m. Friday. The woman, who has not publicly been identified, was driving a Jeep Cherokee and reportedly drove around the railroad crossing gates as a train was approaching, Steffanic said. The woman “sustained serious injuries and was flown to Dell Seton, Austin,” Steffanic said. No other injuries were repor...