Austin, Texas: Pedestrian Killed on South Congress Avenue, Driver Olivia Mills Arrested on DWI Charge

A woman walking on South Congress Avenue in Austin was hit by a car and killed on Sunday evening, November 1, and police arrested the driver on a charge of driving while intoxicated, according to the Austin Police Department.

Officers responded at about 6:44 p.m. on Sunday, November 1, to a collision between a motor vehicle and a pedestrian in the 4200 block of South Congress Avenue. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police have not released her name, and she remained unidentified in the department's release, published on Wednesday, November 4.

The arrest

Police identified the driver as Olivia Mills, 32, and said officers arrested her for DWI. The department released her name with its fatality notice, and FOX 7 Austin reported the same arrest. An arrest is a charge, not a conviction, and police have announced no court outcome in the case.

The department said its account comes from an initial assessment of the crash, that the investigation is still pending, and that fatality information may change. Police have not said where the woman was in the roadway or what led officers to the DWI arrest, and those details are not in the published reports.

The 4200 block sits in South Austin, on a stretch of South Congress Avenue lined with homes, shops and cross streets where drivers and people on foot share the road in the evening. Sunday at 6:44 p.m. is full evening traffic time on the avenue, with dinner and shopping trips under way in both directions.

The third pedestrian death in Austin that day

The department is investigating the South Congress crash as Austin's 77th fatal crash of 2026, with 79 deaths in those crashes. The numbering tells the shape of the day: two other pedestrians died in separate crashes in Austin in the early hours of the same Sunday, on North Interstate 35 and on South 1st Street, the city's 75th and 76th fatal crashes.

On the same date in 2025, Austin had recorded 81 fatal crashes and 85 deaths, according to the department. The 2026 count is running below last year's pace, even after a Sunday with three fatal pedestrian crashes in a single day.

How to give police a tip

Anyone with information is asked to contact APD's Vehicular Homicide Unit at 512-974-8111. Tips can also go to the Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program at austincrimestoppers.org or by calling 512-472-8477. The case number is 26-3051634.