Killeen Police Investigate a Single-Vehicle Crash

Killeen, TX (March 9, 2024): One male is currently listed in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash.

On Friday, March 8, 2024 at 9:42 p.m., Killeen Police officers were dispatched to a 911 call in reference to vehicle crash at the intersection of E. Central Texas Expressway and S. WS Young Drive. Upon the officers’ arrival, they located a single vehicle on its driver side in a ditch.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a black 2021 Dodge SUV was traveling westbound on Central Texas Expressway at a high rate of speed and left the roadway near the southwest exit of the Killeen Mall. The vehicle continued traveling on the shoulder and through the drainage ditch, before entering the roadway on S. WS Young Drive. It crossed the roadway and flipped onto its side as it entered the drainage ditch on the northwest corner of S. WS Young and Central Texas Expressway.

The driver was pinned inside the vehicle and had to be extracted by the Killeen Fire Department. The driver was airlifted to Baylor Scott and White Hospital in critical condition.

Investigators with the Traffic Unit continue to investigate this crash and there is no additional information at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department