10/06/2026
DATE: 10.06.2026
SUBJECT: Fatality Crash
CONTACT: Chief of Police Vicky Steffanic
RELEASE: For Immediate Release
PRESS RELEASE
On October 6th, 2026, at approximately 0610 hours, City of Bastrop Police officers were dispatched to a 2 vehicle, head on collision at FM 969 and Blakey Drive.
A male was stopped on the improved shoulder adjusting his bicycle chain when a Dodge Ram driving Southbound on FM 969 observed him. The juvenile driver of the Dodge Ram swerved into oncoming traffic to avoid the male, the Dodge Ram collided with a Nissan Rogue that was traveling in the Northbound lanes of FM 969, the Nissan rogue hit a fence and came to a stop in a pasture. A third vehicle (a Subaru) traveling Northbound on FM 969, simultaneously collided with the Dodge Ram.
The driver of the Dodge Ram and the driver of the Subaru sustained injuries and were taken to a local hospital, a passenger in the Nissan was taken to an Austin hospital with injuries; the male pedestrian received no injuries.
The driver of the Nissan was a 66-year-old male from Massachusetts who suffered fatal injuries. The identification of this individual is being withheld until Next of Kin are notified.
Northbound FM 969 lanes of traffic are still closed, with traffic slowly being routed through the area.
This is an on-going investigation, and no further information is being released at this time.
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