A Community in Mourning: 4 Lives Lost in a Single Week on Round Rock Roads

Round Rock, TX – In the span of just one week, our community has suffered the heartbreaking loss of four lives due to two separate traffic incidents. The most recent, an early-morning crash that claimed three lives, has left families shattered, first responders grieving, and neighbors in shock.

As your Round Rock Firefighters, we want to speak plainly—not out of fear, but out of love for this community and a responsibility to help protect every life here.

🚫 Drinking and Driving: A Choice with Devastating Consequences

With the upcoming holiday weekend, it’s a time when many will gather with friends and family to celebrate. But it’s also, statistically, one of the most dangerous times of year on our roads.

Let us be crystal clear:

If you drink and drive, you are making a choice that could kill.
Not only yourself—but innocent people around you. Passengers. Pedestrians. Families in other vehicles. Lives that can never be replaced.

The aftereffects of a DUI-related crash are permanent:

A mother who won’t come home.
A child orphaned.
Friends planning funerals instead of cookouts.

We see it. We carry it. We live with it.

❤️ A Plea from Your First Responders

We are the ones who show up at 2:00 a.m.
We hear the cries.
We knock on the doors.
We hold hands that will never hold back.

And every time it’s preventable, it leaves a scar on all of us.

So we’re asking you—please, make the right choice:

Plan a sober ride.
Use a rideshare or taxi.
Designate a driver before the first drink.
Call someone. Wait. Walk. But don’t drive impaired.

A Community in Mourning: 4 Lives Lost in a Single Week on Round Rock Roads