Police are investigating a fatal accident in North Austin.
Officers say a driver in a 2008 Chevy pickup truck struck a tree Sunday around 2:45 a.m. while coming around a curve too quickly on Shoal Creek Boulevard, near RM 2222.
Police said the driver, 24-year-old Jordan Gibbs Nash, died at the scene. It is unknown if he was wearing a seatbelt.
A passenger was taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge, where he was treated with minor injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call APD Vehicular Homicide Unit Detectives at (512) 974-8212.
This is the seventh traffic fatality of 2012. At this time in 2011, there were five traffic fatalities.
