Police identify 75-year-old woman killed in crash with tree

Norma Jackson Baird lost control of her vehicle on Huebner Rd.

SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department has identified a 75-year-old woman killed in a vehicle crash with a tree early Thursday morning.

According to police, Norma Jackson Baird, 75, was driving just after 4 a.m. in the 13500 block of Huebner Road when, for an unknown reason, she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tree.

Police said Baird was traveling eastbound when she failed to navigate a curve, drifted across two lanes and jumped the curb.

Authorities said she failed to take any evasive or corrective actions, implying she may have sustained a medical issue before the crash.

Baird was taken to University Hospital by EMS, where she later was pronounced dead.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash.


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