Texas cyclist killed by drunk driver in hit and run accident

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It's an extended crying scene just south of agency campus Friday morning.

Austin police say this is where 25 year old -- Jones was driving south on Guadalupe.

When he crashed into another vehicle and a cyclist.

But it is here several blocks later that Jones driving on three wheels finally came to a stop.

Dragging wicked what's left of the victims -- -- Looking at the -- -- the real time crimes remind us.

Always analyzing one wouldn't do -- happening.

It's incidents like -- at eight PD chief art Acevedo says he is cracking down on so -- -- here they have been 57 traffic fatalities.

24 of them involving pedestrians.

And to where cyclists.

And nasty incident was just two weeks ago when a cyclist was killed after being hit by -- car on congress avenue.

The driver took off but was later arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter and failing to stop and render aid.

On the -- with -- into.

Really dangerous.

People -- -- Chandler Wayne who is also a cyclist muted -- -- he says to similar cases in the last two weeks have him and his co workers concerned.

We -- about it around -- thing this morning and everybody -- country.

This suspect in this morning's accident is -- -- intoxication assault and failure to stop and render aid.

If that trend Acevedo says he wants to break and once the state to impose higher penalties on drivers need this scene of an accident.

In the meantime he says he will continue several initiatives to curb the -- -- He says one traffic fatality is one too many.

That's why we have -- refusal weakens.

That's -- we tell people you get a ressam who refuse to weaken -- on concern for testing and that's why we're tough as nails.

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