Two killed in wrong-way wreck on I-35 Police say man headed in wrong direction to blame for deadly crash No description found
SAN ANTONIO – A deadly wrong-way crash killed two people and injured another on I-35 early Saturday morning.
SAPD says a driver going northbound in the southbound lanes near AT&T Parkway hit another driver head-on.
A pick-up truck driver then crashed into the other cars.
Police say both the wrong-way driver and the person he hit died from the impact.
They say the pick-up driver was critically injured and rushed to SAMMC.
The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. and the southbound lanes of I-35 were closed until 9:30 a.m.
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