Keller High School student dies in crash days after graduating

By BILL MILLER A recent high school graduate in the Keller school district has died from injuries received in a motorcycle wreck Monday evening in north Fort Worth, according to reports.Austen Ussery, 18, of Fort Worth died at 12:06 a.m. Tuesday at the intensive care unit at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office reported.He died of blunt force trauma caused by the crash, the medical examiner's office said Tuesday. Ussery was ejected from his motorcycle, according to the medical examiner's website.He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, a MedStar spokeswoman said.Officials with the Keller school district said Tuesday that Ussery, who attended Keller High School, had received his diploma Friday during a summer graduation ceremony at Timber Creek High School's Fine Art Center.Details about the wreck were unavailable early Tuesday, but initial police reports indicate that it happened at 6:45 p.m. in the 3500 block of Keller Hicks Road, near the intersection with Alta Vista Road.The area is near Trinity Springs Middle School on Keller Hicks Road.