When a car slammed into an Austin emergency room in early 2023, killing the driver and injuring five others, KXAN investigators dug into the safety concerns surrounding a hospital without security barriers at its entrance.
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- When a car slammed into an Austin emergency room in early 2023, killing the driver and injuring five others, KXAN investigators dug into the safety concerns surrounding a hospital without security barriers at its entrance. Over the next three months, KXAN investigators traveled to dozens of hospitals across Central Texas, analyzed similar crashes across the state and broadened the scope of our research nationwide. We learned of more than 300 such crashes at medical centers in the last decade and also learned there is no legal requirement or industry standard for security barriers that could stop them from happening. For the first time since the Austin incident, a family of four seriously hurt speaks out – and we witness crash tests conducted by a company building barriers it says could help save lives.
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